Maurice Wetherill was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand from 1924 to 1930 and was Kiwi number 156.
24 Facts About Maurice Wetherill
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Maurice Wetherill was born in Auckland on 15 January 1898, the son of Maurice Charles Wetherill and Mary Ann Wetherill.
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Maurice Wetherill had a brother, James Ewart Wetherill, and a sister, Ivy Pearl Wetherill.
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Maurice Wetherill enlisted in the armed forces on 27 February 1918, aged 20.
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Maurice Wetherill commenced duty on 14 March 1918 and embarked for Suez, Egypt on the Moeraki on 11 October.
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Maurice Wetherill served in Egypt during the latter part of the war, and when his overseas duty was complete, he departed from Plymouth, England to New Zealand onboard the Hororata.
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Maurice Wetherill was discharged from duty on 18 October 1919, after 1 year and 219 days of duty, with 346 days served overseas.
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Maurice Wetherill later received the British War Medal for his service.
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Maurice Wetherill was aged just 17 and was promoted from their 4th grade side.
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Maurice Wetherill was small in stature, measuring just 5 feet 5 inches and spent his career playing in the halves or on the wing.
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Maurice Wetherill then played 5 further matches all resulting in wins, against Hawkes Bay, Wellington, West Coast, Canterbury, and South Auckland.
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In 1922 Maurice Wetherill scored 8 tries during the season for City as they again won the first grade championship.
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Maurice Wetherill then played 3 matches against the touring Australian University side scoring a try in the 3rd match.
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Maurice Wetherill then went on to play in a loss to South Auckland which saw the Northern Union Challenge Cup change hands.
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Maurice Wetherill's final representative match of the season was an Auckland effort to regain the Northern Union Challenge Cup from South Auckland which was unsuccessful.
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Maurice Wetherill played 5 matches for Auckland in 1924 and he made his New Zealand debut.
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The 1925 season saw Maurice Wetherill selected for the New Zealand team to tour Australia.
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Maurice Wetherill's weight was listed as 10 stone, 7 pounds which was a significant increase on his weight when he had signed up for the war 5 years earlier.
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Maurice Wetherill played a remarkable 10 matches on the tour of Australia and a further 2 matches for New Zealand against Queensland when they toured New Zealand later in the year.
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Maurice Wetherill was the top point scorer in the 1926 club season in Auckland with 62 points.
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Maurice Wetherill was a likely inclusion in the New Zealand team to tour England but was unavailable for the tour with other commitments.
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Maurice Wetherill played all 3 test matches for New Zealand against the touring England team in 1928.
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Maurice Wetherill toured Australia again in 1930, playing 4 more matches for New Zealand.
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Maurice Wetherill refereed in the senior grade in Auckland for several seasons and refereed many representative matches.