Jack Meibusch
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John Henry "Jack" Meibusch (1 December 1878 - c. 1955) was a rugby union
player who represented in the Australia national rugby union team
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Meibusch, a prop, was born in Surat, Queensland
and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904. His younger brother Lou Meibusch
also made a Wallaby appearance in 1912.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who represented in the Australia national rugby union team
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
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Meibusch, a prop, was born in Surat, Queensland
Surat, Queensland
Surat is a small rural town on the Balonne River, approximately south of Roma on the Carnarvon Highway. It is west of Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Surat had a population of 436.The district was first mapped by Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846...
and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904. His younger brother Lou Meibusch
Lou Meibusch
Ludwig Samuel "Lou" Meibusch was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Meibusch, a wing, was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia. His older bother Jack Meibusch also made a Wallaby appearance in 1904.-References:...
also made a Wallaby appearance in 1912.