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Full name | Francis William Woodward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 20 April 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 September 1941 | (aged 56)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis "Frank" William Woodward (1885−1941) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand (Heritage № 46), Australasia (Heritage № 86), Auckland and Rotorua, and at club level for Balmain, as a centre, or stand-off, i.e. number 3 or 4, or, 6.[1][2][3][4]
He captained Rotorua in their June match against Auckland at Victoria Park in 1910.
Frank Woodward won a cap for New Zealand during the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, playing Stand-off in the 20-52 defeat by Great Britain at Domain Cricket Ground, Auckland on Saturday 30 July 1910,[1] and represented New Zealand in 1911 on the tour of Australia, and represented Australasia on the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.