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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
478:. He and some other workmen were working in a deep excavation when one side of it began to collapse, men called out but his father moved the wrong way and was buried to his neck. He was quickly removed but his injuries were too serious to survive. This left Albert as the main
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Australia the remaining members of the tour party held a memorial game, the first game of rugby league in New Zealand, and raised £300 for his widowed mother.
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Members of the 1932 English touring side laying a wreath on Albert
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moved quickly to attempt to stop him from attending its grounds and he received a life ban from the
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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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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
868:"Relatives and Teams to remember Original All Golds"
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on the ship taking the touring party from Sydney to
512:1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain
16:New Zealand international rugby league footballer
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838:"2008 RUGBY LEAGUE CENTENARY NEWS & UPDATES"
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1215:New Zealand national rugby league team players
450:) (15 January 1883 – 20 May 1908) was a
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940:"New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008"
735:. No. 1614. 4 February 1903. p. 22
482:for the family since then and they moved to
1045:1907–08 tour of Great Britain and Australia
894:. 27 May 1908. p. 1414. Archived from
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620:He is commemorated by the naming of the
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699:"Albert Baskerville – Or Baskiville?"
559:Australia national rugby league team
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96:5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
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1255:Rugby union players from Te Aroha
980:Virtual Rugby League Hall of Fame
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763:. Christchurch: Ryan and Haynes.
557:which was the first match by the
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1225:New Zealand rugby league players
1230:New Zealand rugby union players
995:New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
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918:"Fast facts about rugby league"
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533:, including four from the 1905
454:, New Zealand, postal clerk, a
444:Albert (Bert) Henry Baskerville
217:Post & Telegraph (midweek)
1260:Wellington rugby union players
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603:Courtney Goodwill Trophy
1205:History of rugby league
652:History of Rugby League
527:New Zealand Rugby Union
46:Albert Henry Baskiville
1210:History of rugby union
1119:William Massa Johnston
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523:Wellington Rugby Union
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646:2007 "All Golds" Tour
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535:tour of Great Britain
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1245:Rugby league wingers
1059:George William Smith
952:on 12 September 2009
759:John Haynes (1996).
676:Rugby League Project
672:"Albert Baskerville"
492:provincial selection
486:shortly afterwards.
79:Brisbane, Queensland
37:Personal information
976:"Albert Baskiville"
886:"A. H. Baskerville"
874:on 12 October 2007.
636:Legends of League.
87:Playing information
23:
1147:William Trevarthen
991:Albert Baskerville
986:on 6 January 2009.
898:on 24 January 2013
791:on 10 October 2017
729:"Telegraphic News"
678:. 31 December 2017
622:Baskerville Shield
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169:Wellington (club)
22:Albert Baskerville
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1063:Albert Baskiville
1037:New Zealand squad
922:League of Legends
462:and a pioneer of
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1195:1908 deaths
1190:1883 births
1163:Jim Gleeson
1103:Edward Tyne
1071:Harold Rowe
1057:(captain),
902:20 November
795:4 September
630:New Zealand
611:James Lomas
563:New Zealand
456:rugby union
387:New Zealand
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1184:Categories
1099:Lance Todd
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609:(France),
607:Jean Galia
543:All Blacks
531:All Blacks
521:Club. The
498:His book,
484:Wellington
452:Wellington
1131:Adam Lile
811:"Patents"
567:pneumonia
539:All Golds
446:(born as
821:20 March
739:28 March
682:9 August
640:See also
586:—
571:Brisbane
506:The Tour
476:Auckland
413:Source:
383:1907–08
331:Position
193:Oriental
189:1904–07
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956:21 July
852:28 June
713:28 June
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842:RL1908
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578:Legacy
350:Years
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239:Total
133:Years
101:Weight
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765:ISBN
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684:2023
634:NZRL
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601:The
335:Wing
69:Died
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