Playing rugby union with South Sydney in 1904 the twenty-year-old Burge was selected for the Metropolis (City) representative side against the Great Britain tourists. When the All Blacks toured in 1905 Burge played against them firstly for Metropolis and then in a New South Wales side.
Burge, a lock claimed a total of three international rugby caps for Australia. In two of these matches, he served as captain. His debut game was against New Zealand, at Sydney, on 20 July 1907. He made two rugby union tours, to New Zealand in 1905 with the first full Australian team and later on the epic 1908–09 Australia rugby union tour of Britain under captain Paddy Moran. On both trips he only played one game due to injury. On the Wallaby tour of 1908 he broke his tibia in his first match against Devon. He took no further part in the tour and one of the replacements sent over to fill the touring squad was his brother Albert Burge.
Rugby league career
He was one of the fourteen 1908–09 Wallabies including Chris McKivat, Charles McMurtie, "Boxer" Russell and Arthur McCabe who defected to rugby league after their return from the Olympics and the epic tour. In Burge's case he joined his brother Alby in the 1909 "Wallabies v Kangaroos" promotional match which then disqualified him from the amateur code.
Along with McMurtie and Bob Stuart, Peter Burge made his international league debut in a tour match on that 1911 tour but did not play in any Tests. Collectively they were therefore Australia's 17th to 19th dual-code rugby internationals.
The Burge family
Coaching career
Like Frank Burge had done in 1927, Peter in 1937 coached the St. George Dragons.
Death
Peter Burge died suddenly at his brother Frank's house in Hurstville, New South Wales on 15 July 1956, age 72. He was buried at Waverley Cemetery with his parents, Peter and Emily Burge.[2]
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January 12, 2023
peter, burge, rugby, peter, harold, boyne, burge, february, 1884, july, 1956, australian, rugby, footballer, coach, represented, country, both, rugby, league, rugby, union, eldest, four, burge, brothers, peter, first, australian, dual, code, rugby, internation. Peter Harold Boyne Burge 14 February 1884 15 July 1956 was an Australian rugby footballer and coach He represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union The eldest of the four Burge brothers Peter was one of the first Australian dual code rugby internationals Peter BurgePersonal informationFull namePeter Harold Boyne Burge 1 Born 1884 02 14 14 February 1884 1 Penrith New South Wales 1 Died15 July 1956 1956 07 15 aged 72 Hurstville New South WalesPlaying informationRugby unionPositionlock 1 ClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1904 08 South SydneyRepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1907 Australia 1 3 01905 08 New South Wales 3Rugby leaguePositionSecond rowClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1910 South Sydney 1 01911 14 Glebe Dirty Reds 15 1 3Total 16 1 0 0 3RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1911 12 Australia 0Coaching informationClubYears Team Gms W D L W 1937 St George Dragons Contents 1 Rugby union career 2 Rugby league career 3 Coaching career 4 Death 5 See also 6 ReferencesRugby union career EditPlaying rugby union with South Sydney in 1904 the twenty year old Burge was selected for the Metropolis City representative side against the Great Britain tourists When the All Blacks toured in 1905 Burge played against them firstly for Metropolis and then in a New South Wales side Burge a lock claimed a total of three international rugby caps for Australia In two of these matches he served as captain His debut game was against New Zealand at Sydney on 20 July 1907 He made two rugby union tours to New Zealand in 1905 with the first full Australian team and later on the epic 1908 09 Australia rugby union tour of Britain under captain Paddy Moran On both trips he only played one game due to injury On the Wallaby tour of 1908 he broke his tibia in his first match against Devon He took no further part in the tour and one of the replacements sent over to fill the touring squad was his brother Albert Burge Rugby league career EditHe was one of the fourteen 1908 09 Wallabies including Chris McKivat Charles McMurtie Boxer Russell and Arthur McCabe who defected to rugby league after their return from the Olympics and the epic tour In Burge s case he joined his brother Alby in the 1909 Wallabies v Kangaroos promotional match which then disqualified him from the amateur code He joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1910 but then the following year linked with Alby and Frank at Glebe He toured Great Britain on the 1911 12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain captained by his former Wallaby and then Glebe captain Chris McKivat He made four tour matches appearances for Australia Along with McMurtie and Bob Stuart Peter Burge made his international league debut in a tour match on that 1911 tour but did not play in any Tests Collectively they were therefore Australia s 17th to 19th dual code rugby internationals The Burge familyCoaching career EditLike Frank Burge had done in 1927 Peter in 1937 coached the St George Dragons Death EditPeter Burge died suddenly at his brother Frank s house in Hurstville New South Wales on 15 July 1956 age 72 He was buried at Waverley Cemetery with his parents Peter and Emily Burge 2 See also EditBurge FamilyReferences Edit a b c d e Scrum com player profile of Peter Burge Scrum com Retrieved 12 July 2010 Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 17 July 1956 Sporting positionsPreceded byEddie Root 1936 Coach St George1937 Succeeded byFrank Burge 1937Preceded byFrank Nicholson Captain Australia1907 Succeeded byAllen OxladeAndrews Malcolm 2006 The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn Sydney Whiticker Alan 2004 Captaining the Kangaroos New Holland Sydney Whiticker Alan amp Hudson Glen 2006 The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players Gavin Allen Publishing Sydney Whiticker Alan amp Collis Ian 2006 The History of Rugby League Clubs New Holland Sydney Heads Ian amp Middleton David 2008 A Centenary of Rugby League MacMillan Sydney Howell Max 2005 Born to Lead Wallaby Test Captains Celebrity Books Auckland NZ Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Burge rugby amp oldid 1078745117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
