Alfred Hamersley

Alfred St George Hamersley

Date of birth	(1848-10-08)8 October 1848
Place of birth	Great Haseley, Oxfordshire[1]
Date of death	25 February 1929(1929-02-25) (aged 80)
Place of death	Bournemouth, Dorset[1]
School	Marlborough College
Occupation(s)	Solicitor/Barrister
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) to 1874 1877 to 1888 1888 to 1907 Marlborough Nomads South Canterbury Football Club Vancouver RFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1871-1874 England 4[1] (1 try)[1]

Alfred St George Hamersley (8 October 1848 – 25 February 1929) was a nineteenth-century solicitor and entrepreneur of great renown, an English MP, and an English rugby union international who played in the first ever international match. He went on to captain his country's team, and later was instrumental in establishing the sport in the south of New Zealand and in British Columbia.