Everard Jackson

Everard Jackson
Birth nameEverard Stanley Jackson
Date of birth(1914-01-12)12 January 1914
Place of birthHastings, New Zealand
Date of death20 September 1975(1975-09-20) (aged 61)
Place of deathHastings, New Zealand
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
SchoolRerekohu District High School
Notable relative(s)Fred Jackson (father)
Moana Jackson (son)
Syd Jackson (son)
June Jackson (daughter-in-law)
Willie Jackson (grandson)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1932–33 East Coast ()
1934–40 Hawke's Bay ()
1941 Wellington ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1936–38 New Zealand 6 (0)
1938 New Zealand Māori

Everard Stanley Jackson (12 January 1914 – 20 September 1975) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Jackson represented East Coast, Hawke's Bay and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1936 to 1938. He played 11 matches (including six internationals) for the All Blacks.[1] He also played for New Zealand Māori in 1936.

He was selected by the editors of the 1937 Rugby Almanac of New Zealand as one of their 5 players of the year.

Jackson was the son of British-born rugby player Fred Jackson, and Horowai Jackson (née Henderson) from Te Araroa. Horowai was the daughter of Everard Hannon Henderson, a British man, and his wife Kamaea Ngatoko of Ngāti Porou. Everard Jackson married Hineaka (Janey) Cunningham of Ngāti Kahungunu in Hastings in 1938. They had six children, Phil, Fred, Moana, Jacqui, Bob and Syd. Jackson also had another son, Bill Nepia.[2] Bob Jackson married June Jackson, née Batley, and they were the parents of Willie Jackson.

During World War II, Jackson served as an officer in the 28th (Māori) Battalion, and lost a leg as a result of wounds received in an artillery barrage.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Luxford, Bob. "Everard Jackson". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Gillies, Iain (16 October 2012). "Jackson dynasty lives on" (PDF). Gisborne Herald. p. 25. Retrieved 7 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.


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