Edward Mandible

Edward Mandible
Birth name Edward Francis Mandible[1]
Date of birth (1885-05-11)11 May 1885[1]
Place of birth Woolloomooloo, Sydney [1]
Date of death 3 April 1936 (age 50)[1]
Place of death Karrakatta, Western Australia
Rugby league career
Position(s) Five-eight
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1910 Eastern Suburbs 2 3
Rugby union career
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1907–08[1] Wallabies[1] 3[1] (0)[1]

Edward Francis Mandible (11 May 1885 – c. 1936) was an Australian national representative rugby union fly-half and one of the pioneers who broke away from that code to take up rugby league in Sydney in 1910.

Early life

Mandible was born in Woolloomooloo, Sydney.

Rugby union career

Mandible was selected on the first Wallaby 1908-09 Australia rugby union tour of the British Isles and France, the squad captained by Herbert Moran. He played in the first Test match of the tour against Wales on 12 December 1908 in Cardiff. He claimed a career total of three international rugby caps for Australia.

His jersey from the first Wallabies Rugby Union Tour of the United Kingdom in 1908 was purchased by the National Museum of Australia.[2]

Rugby league career

Following his return from the 1908-09 Wallaby tour he took part in a series of matches between the Australian ‘Wallabies’ and ‘Kangaroos’ in 1909. Facing reprisals from rugby union for playing in this non-sanctioned series, Mandible switched codes in 1910 to play rugby league with the Eastern Suburbs club. He played just two matches for Easts, scoring one try.[3]

Mandible middle row 5th from right, with the 1908 Wallaby tour squad

Death

Edward Mandible died in Perth, Western Australia in April 1934.He was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery, in Perth, Western Australia on 4 April 1936.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Scrum.com player profile of Edward Mandible". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ↑ National Museum of Australia Annual Report 2004-2005: Material approved by Council for inclusion in the NHC 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2005
  3. ↑ "NRL Stats - Eddie Mandible". NRL Stats. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
  4. ↑ The Daily News, Perth. Death Notice: 03/04/1936
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