Eric Leslie WATKINS

1880 - 1949  (69 years)

• Name	Eric Leslie WATKINS
  Birth	18 Mar 1880	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Appointed	02 Sep 1905  [4]
  	NZ All Black, for match at Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  Death	14 Aug 1949	Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand   [1, 3]
  Cremation	16 Aug 1949	Karori, Wellington, New Zealand   [5]
  Buried	06 Sep 1949	Karori, Wellington, New Zealand   [6]
  Occupation	Garage Proprietor  [2]
  Person ID	I5947	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Stephen WATKINS,   b. 25 Jul 1830, London, Middlesex, England d. 14 Apr 1894, Opawa, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ellen PAVITT,   b. 1842, Essex, England d. 03 Nov 1925, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1862	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Madeline Adair YOUNG,   b. 19 Dec 1897, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand d. 14 Jul 1956, New Zealand (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	01 Jun 1921	New Zealand   [1, 11, 12]
  Children	+ 1. David Howard WATKINS,   b. 1922, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand d. 01 May 1960, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 38 years) + 2. Stephen WATKINS,   b. 12 Jul 1923, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand d. 01 Feb 2018, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 94 years)   3. Laurence Sloane WATKINS,   b. 1926
  Family ID	F2054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 18 Mar 1880 - Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 01 Jun 1921 - New Zealand Death - 14 Aug 1949 - Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand Cremation - 16 Aug 1949 - Karori, Wellington, New Zealand Buried - 06 Sep 1949 - Karori, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S267] Andrew Bax, Pavitts, (http://www.pavitt.co.nz/index.html), none. [S278] Rex and Adriene Evans, Pavitt Family of Banks Peninsula, (Evagean Publishing, Auckland, New Zealand 1996). [S285] NZ Rugby Museum, (Master Business Systems Ltd, 26 Oct 2004), none. [S285] NZ Rugby Museum, (Master Business Systems Ltd, 26 Oct 2004), none. Eric Watkins. Eric Watkins had the distinction of playing for New Zealand in both rugby codes, though in each he made just the one test appearance. He was in the New Zealand rugby side which in 1905, after most of the country's best players had left for the tour of Britain and France, met an Australian touring team in Dunedin. Despite the absence of the cream of New Zealand's players the test was given full official status. Towards the end of his playing days Watkins switched to the new league code and along with several prominent rugby players, many of whom had been All Blacks, he joined the "All Golds" for their tour of Britain and France in 1907-08. Watkins appeared in an international against Great Britain. Most of Watkins' rugby career was with Wellington, for whom he played in 40 representative matches between 1901 and 1906. A hooker in the front row formation of the old 2-3-2 scrum, Watkins played for Wellington with his Wellington College Old Boys partner, Ernie Dodd. They were also together as the front rowers in the New Zealand team's test against Australia in 1905. Watkins was a hard, rugged performer with a high work rate. He was also in North Island teams in 1904 and 1906. Among other landmark matches in which Watkins and Dodd were together were Wellington's Ranfurly Shield win in the first ever shield challenge against Auckland in 1904. The pair were also in the shield loss to Auckland a year later. Watkins moved from Wellington at the end of the 1906 season and after playing for Wanganui in 1907 then shifted to league. Profile by Lindsay Knight for the New Zealand Rugby Museum. FULL NAME Eric Leslie Watkins; BORN Thursday, 18 March 1880 in Akaroa; DIED Sunday, 14 August 1949 in Lower Hutt; POSITION Hooker; LAST SCHOOL Wellington College; RUGBY CLUB (First made All Blacks from) Wellington COB; PROVINCE Wellington; ALL BLACK DEBUT Saturday, 2 September 1905 v Australia at Dunedin aged 25 years, 168 days. LAST TEST Saturday, 2 September 1905 v Australia at Dunedin aged 25 years, 168 days. ALL BLACK TESTS 1; ALL BLACK GAMES 1; ALL BLACK TEST POINTS 0pts. [S436] Wellington City Council, Wellington City Council Cemeteries Database, (Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington, New Zealand). Last Name: WATKINS; First Name: ERIC LESLIE; Age: 69 Years; Deceased Date: 14-08-1949; Service Date: 16-08-1949; Service Provided: Cremation; Cemetery: Karori Crematorium [S436] Wellington City Council, Wellington City Council Cemeteries Database, (Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington, New Zealand). Last Name: WATKINS; First Name: ERIC LESLIE; Age: 69 Years; Service Date: 06-09-1949; Service Provided: Burial; Funeral Director: Gee & Hickton Ltd; Cemetery: Karori; Section: SOLD NICHE; Plot Number: 2 DIV C1 [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S266] Rex Davis, Akaroa, NZ, Your Pedigree - Alfred K. G. Wallace, (Rex Davis, 61 Beach Road, Akaroa, 1973). [S753] Papers Past - Lyttelton Times, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S861] Beverley Evans, Christchurch City Library Church Register Cards, ( http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh, Christchurch NZ 2013). [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index 1921 #3934 [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand).