Jock Wells

Jock Wells

Full name	John Wells
Date of birth	(1908-01-04)4 January 1908
Place of birth	Onetea, New Zealand
Date of death	7 January 1994(1994-01-07) (aged 86)
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
School	Dargaville High School
Occupation(s)	Bank officer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1936 New Zealand 2 (0)

John "Jock" Wells (4 January 1908 — 7 January 1994) was a New Zealand rugby union international.^[1]

Wells was raised at Onetea in the Tangowahine Valley, Northland, attending Dargaville High School.^[2]

A flanker, Wells played his early provincial rugby for North Auckland, debuting at age 20. He relocated to the capital on a job transfer in 1933 and started playing for Wellington the next year. In 1936, Wells was capped twice by the All Blacks, for both Tests against the touring Wallabies. He captained Wellington's Athletic club to the 1936 and 1937 Jubilee Cup titles.^[3]

Wells served as president of the Wellington Rugby Football Union.^[4]

See also

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players

References

1. "Ex All-Black Joins Up". Evening Star. 27 July 1940. p. 2 (Supplement).
2. "Jock Wells #425". stats.allblacks.com.
3. "Auckland Hospital Levy Is Bitter Pill". Northern Advocate. 29 April 1938. p. 6.
4. "Trevor Richards: Fifty years ago, NZ stood up". NZ Herald. 10 April 2023.

External links

• Jock Wells at ESPNscrum