Ian Botting

Ian Botting
Full name Ian James Botting
Date of birth (1922-05-18)18 May 1922
Place of birth Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of death 9 July 1980(1980-07-09) (aged 58)
Place of death Christchurch, New Zealand
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
School Christ's College
University University of Otago
University of Oxford
Occupation(s) Anglican priest
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing
New Zealand No. 486
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Otago
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1949
1950
New Zealand
England
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Ian James Botting (18 May 1922 – 9 July 1980) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented both his country of birth and England. A wing three-quarter, Botting played for Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1949 tour of South Africa. He played nine matches for the All Blacks on that tour, but did not appear in any internationals. Following the tour, Botting became a student at the University of Oxford and in 1950 he made two test appearances for England in that year's Five Nations Championship. An ordained Anglican minister, Botting was killed when he was knocked from his bicycle by a motor vehicle in Christchurch in 1980.[1]

References

  1. Knight, Lindsay. "Ian Botting". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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