Don Kenealy

Don Kenealy was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

Don Kenealy
Personal information
Full nameDonald James Joseph Kenealy
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1911–13 Eden Ramblers 15 4 11 0 34
1913–15 City Rovers 20 2 1 0 8
Total 35 6 12 0 42
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1911–13 Auckland 8 1 0 0 3
1912 New Zealand 4 0 0 0 0

Early life

He was known as Donald James Joseph Kenealy and also as Daniel James Kenealy in records of the time. He grew up in the Te Puke area where he attended Te Puke Primary School.[1] He later moved to Auckland and went to Sacred Heart College where he excelled as a cricketer and rugby footballer.[2] He left school in 1909 and in 1910 was playing rugby for Marist Brothers second grade team.[3]

Playing career
Kenealy in the Eden Ramblers side on May 11, 1912. He is 8th from the left.
Kenealy in the 1912 Auckland rugby league side to play New Zealand at Eden Park.

Kenealy switched to rugby league in 1911 and played for Eden Ramblers from their foundation in 1911 to 1913. He was a back and captained the side in 1913. During the 1913 season the Eden senior team disbanded and Kenealy was granted a transfer by Auckland Rugby League to the City Rovers

.[4] He was selected for the Auckland in 1911 and played 3 matches for them.[5] In 1912 he played 4 matches for Auckland and scored 1 try.

In 1912 he was selected to play for New Zealand on the tour of Australia. No test matches were played on the tour.[6] Following the 1915 season he stopped playing. He was a carpenter and lived at Belvedere, New North Road in Mount Albert after marrying.

Personal life

In 1917 he married Dorothy Harrison Hills in Christchurch. They lived together soon after in Mount Albert in Auckland however.

References
  1. "Te Puke Primary School Roll 1883-1905". Sooty. 1909-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. "Sacred Heart College/Annual Prize Distribution". New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14240. 1909-12-10. p. 7. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. "Second Grade". Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 178. 1910-07-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  4. "Meeting of Committee". New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15326. 1913-06-12. p. 9. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  5. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  6. Donald James KENEALY, Donald James (1912) nzleague.co.nz
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