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and, after several days in hospital, died aged 25 in
Brisbane on 20 May 1908. His body was taken by the manager, Harry Palmer, and a group of players from each province back to Wellington. The rest of the touring party stayed in Australia to complete the remaining fixtures. Like five other members of
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The tour was a great success both financially (each player earned roughly £300) and on the field, where the touring side won consecutive Test series against Great
Britain and Australia. For most of the tour, Baskerville was busy with the administration work and it was not until the final game of the
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Prior to becoming the administrator of the 1907-08 tour, Baskerville played rugby for the
Wellington club in 1903 (making two appearances for their senior side) before switching to the Oriental club in 1904 where he played regularly in the backs for the senior side. He was said to be on the verge of
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towards the end of the 1907 season but was not included in the
Wellington representative side. He also played for the Post and Telegraph mid-week side in 1904 which won the tournament, beating Cycle and Bearers in the final. In the following year, he represented the Wednesday Players representative
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and asked if it would host a touring party of New
Zealand rugby players. The Northern Union was excited by this proposal and quickly agreed. Baskerville began to work full-time on organising the tour, leaving his job at the Postal Department and severing his connection with the Oriental Football
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side in a match against the Wairarapa Thursday representative side.
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meet in test series. In 2001, Baskerville was inducted as one of the
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15 January 1883 to Henry William Baskiville & Maria Mace, at
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the touring party, Baskerville is buried at Karori Cemetery.
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828:. Vol. LXX, no. 91. 14 October 1905. p. 2
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New Zealand Rugby League Team of 1907-08 to Tour England
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From All Blacks to All Golds: Rugby League's Pioneers
879:"Relatives and Teams to remember Original All Golds"
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on the ship taking the touring party from Sydney to
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27:New Zealand international rugby league footballer
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849:"2008 RUGBY LEAGUE CENTENARY NEWS & UPDATES"
115:11 st 12 lb (166 lb; 75 kg)
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951:"New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008"
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493:for the family since then and they moved to
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991:Virtual Rugby League Hall of Fame
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774:. Christchurch: Ryan and Haynes.
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1241:New Zealand rugby union players
1006:New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
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929:"Fast facts about rugby league"
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544:, including four from the 1905
465:, New Zealand, postal clerk, a
455:Albert (Bert) Henry Baskerville
228:Post & Telegraph (midweek)
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614:Courtney Goodwill Trophy
1216:History of rugby league
663:History of Rugby League
538:New Zealand Rugby Union
57:Albert Henry Baskiville
1221:History of rugby union
1130:William Massa Johnston
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770:John Haynes (1996).
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683:"Albert Baskerville"
503:provincial selection
497:shortly afterwards.
90:Brisbane, Queensland
48:Personal information
987:"Albert Baskiville"
897:"A. H. Baskerville"
885:on 12 October 2007.
647:Legends of League.
98:Playing information
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1158:William Trevarthen
1002:Albert Baskerville
997:on 6 January 2009.
909:on 24 January 2013
802:on 10 October 2017
740:"Telegraphic News"
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1174:Jim Gleeson
1114:Edward Tyne
1082:Harold Rowe
1068:(captain),
913:20 November
806:4 September
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554:All Blacks
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509:His book,
495:Wellington
463:Wellington
1142:Adam Lile
822:"Patents"
578:pneumonia
550:All Golds
457:(born as
832:20 March
750:28 March
693:9 August
651:See also
597:—
582:Brisbane
517:The Tour
487:Auckland
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394:1907–08
342:Position
204:Oriental
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863:28 June
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361:Years
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112:Weight
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