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'''Edward Baird''' (1885 - 1917) was a pioneer Australian [[rugby league]] footballer, one of his country's first selected [[Australia national rugby league team|national representatives]] and an [[Australian Imperial Forces|AIF]] soldier who fell in [[WWI]] at the [[Battle of Passchendale]].
'''Edward Baird''' (1885–1917) was a pioneer Australian [[rugby league]] footballer, one of his country's first selected [[Australia national rugby league team|national representatives]] and an [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Forces]] (AIF) soldier who fell in [[World War I]] at the [[Battle of Passchendale]].


==Early life and football career==
==Early life and football career==
Baird was born in [[Sydney]] in 1885 and schooled at McDonaldtown School in the inner Sydney suburbs. By 1908 when he was playing rugby league in the code's inaugural competition year, he was located in Brisbane. He was selected in the first ever [[Queensland Maroons]] state representative side to play the new [[Rugby league|"Northern Union" style of rugby]], taking on [[Albert Henry Baskerville|Albert Baskerville's]] [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand All Golds]] on their [[1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain|inaugural tour]]. Baird played as a reserve as the Queenslanders lost the historic match 34-12.<ref>{{cite web|last=Higginson|first=Mike|title=The Beginnings...|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=our-golden-history|work=Our Golden History|publisher=[[Queensland Rugby League]]|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All Blacks Tour 1907/1908|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/All_Blacks_Tour_1907/Game_45/QLD_Firsts-vs-New_Zealand.html|work=rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref> He went on to make another apperance against [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] and two against [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|last=qrl.com.au|title=Queensland Representative Players|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=history-players|work=History|publisher=[[Queensland Rugby League]]|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
Baird was born in Sydney in 1885 and schooled at McDonaldtown School in the inner Sydney suburbs. By 1908 when he was playing rugby league in the code's inaugural competition year, he was located in Brisbane. He was selected in the first ever [[Queensland Maroons]] state representative side to play the new [[Rugby league|"Northern Union" style of rugby]], taking on [[Albert Henry Baskerville|Albert Baskerville's]] [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand All Golds]] on their [[1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain|inaugural tour]]. Baird played as a reserve as the Queenslanders lost the historic match 34–12.<ref>{{cite web|last=Higginson|first=Mike|title=The Beginnings...|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=our-golden-history|work=Our Golden History|publisher=[[Queensland Rugby League]]|accessdate=8 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205091913/http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=our-golden-history|archivedate=5 February 2012|df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All Blacks Tour 1907/1908|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/All_Blacks_Tour_1907/Game_45/QLD_Firsts-vs-New_Zealand.html|work=rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref> He went on to make another appearance against [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] and two against [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|last=qrl.com.au|title=Queensland Representative Players|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=history-players|work=History|publisher=[[Queensland Rugby League]]|accessdate=8 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201055656/http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=history-players|archivedate=1 December 2011|df=dmy}}</ref>


When the New Zealand team came back on the return leg of their tour, they played three [[Test match (rugby league)|Test matches]] against the first [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian representative]] sides ever selected. The first Test was played in Sydney on 9th May 1908 with the Kiwis prevailing. On 30 May the 2nd Test was played in Brisbane. The side had four new players who had not played in the Sydney test, two of them Queenslanders in [[George Watson (rugby)|George Watson]] and Baird. Baird's made his sole national representative appearance at full-back. [[Charlie Hedley]] was selected at fullback for the 1st and 3rd Tests of the series and when the first touring [[Kangaroo Tour|touring Kangaroo]] side was chosen at the end of the 1908 season, Hedley and Queenslander, Mick Bolewski were the touring full-backs.
When the New Zealand team came back on the return leg of their tour, they played three [[Test match (rugby league)|Test matches]] against the first [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian representative]] sides ever selected. The first Test was played in Sydney on 9 May 1908 with the Kiwis prevailing. On 30 May the 2nd Test was played in Brisbane. The side had four new players who had not played in the Sydney test, two of them Queenslanders in [[George Watson (rugby)|George Watson]] and Baird. Baird made his sole national representative appearance at full-back, becoming Kangaroo No. 15.<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Register|url=http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/kangaroos/register.php|work=Kangaroos|publisher=[[Australian Rugby League]]|accessdate=8 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927000601/http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/kangaroos/register.php|archivedate=27 September 2011}}</ref> [[Charlie Hedley]] was selected at fullback for the 1st and 3rd Tests of the series.


Baird continued to play at fullback for Queensland against a touring [[New Zealand Māori rugby league team]] in 1908.<ref>{{cite book|last=John Coffey & Bernie Wood|title=100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908-2008|year=2008|publisher=Huia Publishers|location=[[New Zealand]]|isbn=978-1-86969-331-2|pages=20|url=http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC&source=gbs_navlinks_s}}</ref>
Baird continued to play at fullback for Queensland against a touring [[New Zealand Māori rugby league team]] in 1908.<ref>{{cite book|last=John Coffey & Bernie Wood|title=100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908–2008|year=2008|publisher=Huia Publishers|location=New Zealand|isbn=978-1-86969-331-2|pages=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC}}</ref>


==War service==
==War service==
He enlisted with the AIF as a Private in the [[47th Battalion (Australia)]] and embarked from Brisbane in May 1916 on ''HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray''. He was killed on the first day of the [[First Battle of Passchendaele]] in [[Belgium]] on 12 October 1917.<ref>{{cite news|last=Middleton|first=David|title=Footy stars taken on battlefield|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/footy-stars-taken-on-battlefield/story-e6frexnr-1225857603994|accessdate=3 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|date=24 April 2010}}</ref> He was one of 3199 Australian lives lost in [[First Battle of Passchendaele|1st Passchendaele]].
He enlisted with the AIF as a Private in the [[47th Battalion (Australia)]] and embarked from Brisbane in May 1916 on ''HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray''. He was killed on the first day of the [[First Battle of Passchendaele]] in Belgium on 12 October 1917.<ref>{{cite news|last=Middleton|first=David|title=Footy stars taken on battlefield|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/footy-stars-taken-on-battlefield/story-e6frexnr-1225857603994|accessdate=3 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|date=24 April 2010}}</ref> He was one of 3,199 Australian lives lost in the battle.


==References==
==References==
===Footnotes===
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===Sources===
===Other sources===
* [[Alan Whiticker|Whiticker, Alan ]] & Hudson, Glen (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players'', Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
* [[Alan Whiticker|Whiticker, Alan]] & Hudson, Glen (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players'', Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
* [http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=10921 Ed Baird at the AIF Project]
* [https://archive.today/20121129231450/http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=10921 Ed Baird at the AIF Project]


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Revision as of 20:47, 29 January 2024

Edward Baird
Military photograph of Baird.
Personal information
Full nameEdward Henry Baird
Born1885
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died12 October 1917(1917-10-12) (aged 31–32)
Passchendaele salient, Belgium
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
North Brisbane
Rugby league
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
North Brisbane
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1908 Queensland 8
1908 Australien 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] Whiticker

Edward Baird (1885–1917) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, one of his country's first selected national representatives and an Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) soldier who fell in World War I at the Battle of Passchendale.

Early life and football career

Baird was born in Sydney in 1885 and schooled at McDonaldtown School in the inner Sydney suburbs. By 1908 when he was playing rugby league in the code's inaugural competition year, he was located in Brisbane. He was selected in the first ever Queensland Maroons state representative side to play the new "Northern Union" style of rugby, taking on Albert Baskerville's New Zealand All Golds on their inaugural tour. Baird played as a reserve as the Queenslanders lost the historic match 34–12.[2][3] He went on to make another appearance against New Zealand and two against New South Wales.[4]

When the New Zealand team came back on the return leg of their tour, they played three Test matches against the first Australian representative sides ever selected. The first Test was played in Sydney on 9 May 1908 with the Kiwis prevailing. On 30 May the 2nd Test was played in Brisbane. The side had four new players who had not played in the Sydney test, two of them Queenslanders in George Watson and Baird. Baird made his sole national representative appearance at full-back, becoming Kangaroo No. 15.[5] Charlie Hedley was selected at fullback for the 1st and 3rd Tests of the series.

Baird continued to play at fullback for Queensland against a touring New Zealand Māori rugby league team in 1908.[6]

War service

He enlisted with the AIF as a Private in the 47th Battalion (Australia) and embarked from Brisbane in May 1916 on HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray. He was killed on the first day of the First Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium on 12 October 1917.[7] He was one of 3,199 Australian lives lost in the battle.

References

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ Higginson, Mike. "The Beginnings..." Our Golden History. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. ^ "All Blacks Tour 1907/1908". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. ^ qrl.com.au. "Queensland Representative Players". History. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Player Register". Kangaroos. Australian Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  6. ^ John Coffey & Bernie Wood (2008). 100 Years: Maori Rugby League, 1908–2008. New Zealand: Huia Publishers. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
  7. ^ Middleton, David (24 April 2010). "Footy stars taken on battlefield". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

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