Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Desmond Henry White
- Born
- Wednesday, 16th February, 1927
- Died
- Wednesday, 13th December, 2023 (Aged 96 years and 300 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs Great Britain 1950, Australia vs New Zealand 1952, New Zealand vs Australia 1953
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 20 | 2 | 62 | - | 130 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Auckland Colts | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 34 | 3 | 139 | - | 287 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 58.82% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Auckland | - | 5 | 1 | 17 | - | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 3 | 19 | 2 | 57 | - | 120 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 36.84% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 40 | 4 | 161 | - | 334 | 37 | 42 | 0 | 92.50% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1950-54, 1956 | 20 | 2 | 62 | - | 130 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Auckland | 1950-51, 1953-54 | 5 | 1 | 17 | - | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
28/02/2017
Top draw player.
Great commentator.
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