Percy Storey

Percy Storey
Birth name Percival Wright Storey
Date of birth (1897-02-11)11 February 1897
Place of birth Temuka, New Zealand
Date of death 4 October 1975(1975-10-04) (aged 78)
Place of death Timaru, New Zealand
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Notable relative(s) Laurel McAlister (sister)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing three-quarter
All Black No. 224
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1920–24 South Canterbury 10 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1919
1920–21		 New Zealand Army
New Zealand
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Percival Wright "Percy" Storey (11 February 1897 – 4 October 1975) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Storey represented South Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1920 to 1921. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including two internationals, scoring a total of 50 points (16 tries and one conversion).[1]

Born at Temuka on 11 February 1897,[1] Storey was one of three children of Elizabeth Storey (née Wright) and her husband, William Storey, a tailor.[2] His older sister, Laurel became a noted community leader, and his older brother, Robert, was killed in action on the Western Front in 1917.[2][3]

Storey served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a sergeant in the Otago Infantry Regiment during World War I.[4] He enlisted in July 1916 and was wounded by shrapnel in his right thigh at Passchendaele in October 1917.[1][4] After the conclusion of the war, he was a member of the New Zealand Army rugby team that won the King's Cup and then toured South Africa, scoring 13 tries.[1]

During World War II, Storey served in the army in New Zealand as a warrant officer class 1 from 1940 to 1945.[4] He died at Timaru on 4 October 1975.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Knight, Lindsay. "Percy Storey". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Garner, Jean. "McAlister, Laurel Grace Barker". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Storey, Robert Henry Gordon - WW1 14159 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Storey, Percival Wright - WWI 32739, WWII 450117 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 24 January 2016.


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