Henry Avery (rugby union)

Henry Avery
CMG CBE DSO
	Avery in 1919
Birth name	Henry Esau Avery
Date of birth	3 October 1885
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Date of death	22 March 1961 (aged 75)
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (180 lb)
School	Wellington College
Spouse	Alice Maude Draper (m. 1913)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Wing-forward
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1905–10	Wellington
International career
Years	Team
1910	New Zealand

Henry Esau Avery CMG CBE DSO (3 October 1885 – 22 March 1961) was a New Zealand rugby union player, military officer and businessman. He played three rugby test matches for New Zealand in 1910, served as quartermaster general in New Zealand's military forces during World War II, and founded Avery Motors, the Wellington franchisee for Ford cars, in the 1920s.

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