Claude Williams (rugby union)

Claude Williams

Full name	Claude Wright Williams
Date of birth	(1916-05-16)16 May 1916
Place of birth	Centre Bush, New Zealand
Date of death	30 April 1998(1998-04-30) (aged 81)
Place of death	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward / Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 New Zealand

Claude Wright Williams (16 May 1916 — 30 April 1998) was a New Zealand rugby union international.[1]

Williams was born in Centre Bush and educated at Timaru Boys' High School.[2]

A forward, Williams played rugby at the University of Canterbury and was an All Blacks representative on the 1938 tour of Australia, where he featured in four uncapped matches, as a flanker and lock.[2]

Williams served as a Royal Engineers officer during World War II and was involved in the Burma campaign, attached to the Indian Army. He was later a coach and selector of Canterbury's colts team.[2]

The Milliken-Williams Trophy, contested annually between Timaru Boys' High School and St Andrew's College, is jointly named after Williams and Harold Milliken, an All Black who attended the latter.[3]

See also

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players

References

1. "Round of Sport". The Evening Post. 6 January 1940. p. 18.
2. "Claude Williams #444". stats.allblacks.com.
3. "Book captures slice of rugby history". Stuff.co.nz. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.