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Kōrero: Rugby league

Graveside visit

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Graveside visit

In 1924 members of a touring British rugby league team visited Albert Baskerville's grave at Karori cemetery in Wellington. Baskerville was recognised as an initiator of the game in New Zealand and internationally, a manager and publicist, and a player. He was inducted into New Zealand's Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

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Hachette New Zealand

Reference: John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 years of international rugby league. Auckland: Hachette Livre, p. 27

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John Coffey, Rugby league – Origins of rugby league, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39021/graveside-visit (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Coffey, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.