Albert Asher

Albert Asher

Personal information
Full name	Arapeta Paurini Wharepapa
Born	(1879-12-03)3 December 1879 Tauranga, New Zealand
Died	8 January 1965(1965-01-08) (aged 85) Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	74 kg (11 st 9 lb)
Rugby union
Position	Wing, First five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1897 Tauranga 2 0 0 0 0 1897 Karikari 1 0 0 0 0 1898 Parnell 5 6 0 0 18 1899–05 City 57 50 0 0 150 1906 Ngawaro 1 0 0 0 0 1906 Karikari 5 3 0 0 9 Total 71 59 0 0 177 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1896–06 Tauranga 7 2 0 0 6 1898–05 Auckland Trial 10 7 0 0 21 1898–04 Auckland Inter-union 7 5 0 0 15 1898–07 Auckland 22 11 0 0 33 1899–07 Auckland B 3 4 0 0 12 1902 North Island 1 1 0 0 3 1903 New Zealand (Tests) 11 (1) 17 (1) 0 0 51 (3)
Rugby league
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910–17 City Rovers 53 17 25 1 103 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–10 New Zealand Māori 22 27 16 0 113 1910 Australasia 2 0 0 0 0 1908–15 Auckland 18 10 1 0 34 1910–13 New Zealand 7 3 0 0 9
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1934 Tuakau
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Arapeta Paurini Wharepapa (3 December 1879 – 8 January 1965), or Albert Asher as he was more commonly known, was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. At representative level Asher played rugby union for New Zealand, North Island and Auckland playing on the Wing and played rugby league at representative level for Australasia, New Zealand, Auckland and the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.^[1] One of his brothers, Ernie, was also a rugby league international while another, John, became a Ngati Pukenga and Ngati Pikiao leader, and another brother, Thomas also played representative rugby for Tauranga. Katherine Te Rongokahira Parata was a sister.^[2]