| Birth name | Alfred Peter Penketh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Isle of Man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 February 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Peter Penketh (1865 - 18 February 1932) was a Manx rugby union player, who took part in the first 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia.[1][2][3] He played for Douglas Rugby Football Club.[1][2]
Penketh was born in 1865 to Richard Penketh and his birth was registered on the Isle of Man.[4] He married Frances Laura Jane Holmes on 1 June 1910.[5]
Penketh was a forward, and played in 19 games of the tour, scoring a solitary try, against Canterbury in New Zealand on 9 May 1888.[6]
Other than the British Isles tour, he was not selected for any national side (the Isle of Man itself has never fielded a national team). He was the only Manxman to have been selected for the British Lions.[7]