Max Carpenter
| Full name | Macquarie Gordon Carpenter | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 April 1911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Trangie, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 June 1988 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | 1R (1930) |
Macquarie Gordon "Max" Carpenter (17 April 1911 — 28 June 1988) was an Australian rugby union international.
Carpenter, born in Trangie, New South Wales, attended Randwick Intermediate High School and was a state schoolboys rugby league representative. He also played Linton Cup tennis for his state, notably beating Adrian Quist in 1929.[1][2]
A speedy three-quarter, Carpenter started his rugby career in Western Australia after he had to move to Perth in 1930 for employment.[2] His Wallabies caps came later while he was based in Melbourne, where he played for Footscray. Selected by the Wallabies in 1938 as a winger and goal-kicker, Carpenter contributed 20 of his team's 23 points in his two Bledisloe Cup appearances, including a two try performance in Brisbane. He was on the 1939–40 tour of Britain and Ireland that was abandoned two days after the team's arrival on account of the war.[1]
Carpenter coached Sydney clubs Drummoyne and Parramatta in the immediate post war period.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Macquarie Gordon 'Max' Carpenter". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ a b "Talented Junior Comes West". Western Mail. 6 February 1930. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Club Coach Resigns; Union Stir". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 May 1947. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Max Carpenter at ESPNscrum
- 1911 births
- 1988 deaths
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from New South Wales
- Rugby union wings
- People from the Orana (New South Wales)
- People educated at Randwick Boys High School
- Australian male tennis players
- Tennis players from New South Wales
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen