Edmund Dore

Edmund Dore (1879–1964) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Edmund Dore

Birth name	Edmund Dore[1]
Date of birth	(1879-11-09)9 November 1879[2]
Place of birth	Shanangolden, County Limerick, Ireland
Date of death	3 September 1964(1964-09-03) (aged 84)[2]
Place of death	Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.746 m (5 ft 9 in)
Notable relative(s)	Michael Joseph Dore, brother
Occupation(s)	cooper, police officer
Rugby union career
Position(s) hooker[1] International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1904[1] Australia 1[1] (0[1])

Dore, a hooker, claimed one international rugby cap for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 2 July 1904.

His younger brother Michael was also an Australian rugby union representative player and was one of the founding pioneers of the code of rugby league in Queensland in 1908.

Early life

Born to Robert Dore and Sarah Creagan (–1925), he had at least seven younger siblings born in Queensland: Michael (1882–), Patrick William (1885–1041), Robert junior (1887–1954), John (1891–1918), James (1893–1962), Vincent (1895–), and Mary Patricia (1898–1969, m. William Spencer in 1920).

His birth name is Edmund, whilst as a police officer, he was known as Edward. His nicknames included Eric,^[1] and Edge.

In 1910, Dore married Annie Guerin (–1981; to parents Michael William Guerin and Ann McNulty), and had at least five children in Queensland: Robert John (1911–1972), (E)dward (V)incent Basil (1914–1981; married Patricia Friel in 1945),^[3] James Gustav (1916–1917), Mary Therese (1918–2008; married Lawrence O'Connor in 1943),^[4] Michael Joseph 'Joe' (1920–2016) and Patricia Dore (1928 -2017) married Patrick Byrne Simpson in 1955.

Career

Dore joined the Queensland Police Force, became a police officer after training on 2 July 1903, and was promoted to sergeant before medically retiring on 8 August 1935.^[5]

After policing, Edward Dore settled in the Tully areas as a sugar cane farmer. He died in 1964 and is buried in the Martyn Street Cemetery, Cairns, Australia.

References

1. "Scrum.com player profile of Eric Dore". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. "Scrum.com player profile of Eddie Dore". Scrum.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. "Pat Friel Becomes Bride of Basil Dore". The Evening Advocate. Queensland, Australia. 11 June 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Family Notices". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. LXV, no. 305. Queensland, Australia. 23 December 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Police retirements". Daily Standard. No. 7033. Queensland, Australia. 2 August 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.