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Ernest Mair - Wikipedia

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Ernest Mair

Personal information

Full name

Ernest Hartley Mair

Born

15 January 1891
Ipswich, Australia

Died

12 January 1957 (aged 65)
Brisbane, Australia

Coaching information

Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1926–27	New Zealand	34 (4)	17	0	17 (4)

Ernest Hartley Mair was an Australian rugby league administrator & hotelier who coached the New Zealand side on their 1926-27 tour of Great Britain.

Early years

Ernest Mair was born on 15 January 1891 to a Scottish father and English mother in Ipswich.^[1] He played rugby league as a youth, but was much more prominent as a swimmer, becoming President of the Toowoomba Swimming Association and also the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association.^[2]

In 1920 he married Mildred Readshaw and with her ran several hotels in Toowoomba.^[3]

After becoming President of the Valley club in Toowoomba and Toowoomba Junior Rugby League, Mair was appointed New Zealand Rugby League representative on the Australian Rugby League board of control.^[4]

1925-26 New Zealand Tour

New Zealand lost the series 0–3 against the Great Britain Lions and also lost a test match against Wales. The tour of Britain involved several skirmishes within the Kiwi party.^[5] Problems began on the boat journey over, with disputes developing about aspects of the trip and a rift developed between Mair and seven forwards. The disputes continued once the party arrived in Britain, with one of the rebels being involved in a street fight with another member of the tour party after the opening match. At a meeting with English Rugby League authorities in on 8 November, following further disturbances which almost led to the tour party being evicted from their Harrogate hotel, it was decided that Mair would withdraw from team selection and match tactics for a period of a month.^[6]

The tour, and the costly disputes, continued with the rebels eventually setting sail for home a week earlier than their colleagues. Three months later all seven players (Arthur Singe, Neil Mouat, John Herbert James Wright, Alphonsus Carroll, Bill Devine, Lou Petersen and Frank Henry) were banned for life by the New Zealand Rugby League.^[7]

Later life

Mair returned to Toowoomba in March 1927, becoming one of the district team selectors and was made a life member of the Toowoomba Rugby League in November 1927.^[8]

In September 1929, Mair was charged with attempting to convince two men to set fire to a hotel he owned, the Commercial Hotel in Cunnamulla. Mair was discharged after the case against him collapsed.^[9] 1938 Ernest Mair was in Cairns, Queensland and the team manager of Past Brothers Minor Juniors who won the 1938 Premiership in the local C.R.L (Cairns Rugby League) ^[10] He died on 12 January 1957 after injuries sustained after being struck by a car in Brisbane.^[11]

References

^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p31
^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p31-2
^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p32
^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p35
^ Baker, Andrew (20 August 1995). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. London: independent.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p161-4
^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p264
^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p265-6
^ 1938 Past Brothers Premiership team photo, Thomas(Hank) McGeechan (1920-2018)member of team.
^ Coffey, J. (2012) Strike: The Tour That Died of Shame, Scratching Shed Publications: Leeds p266

New Zealand national rugby league team coaches

1912-20 George A. Gillett
1921-24 Jim Rukutai
1925 Charlie Pearce
1926-27 Ernest Mair
1928 Thomas McClymont
1930-31 Arthur Hennessy
1932-37 Bill Kelly
1938-52 Thomas McClymont
1952-54 Jim Amos
1955-56 Harold Tetley
1956-57 Bill Telford
1959-60 Travers Hardwick
1961 Des White
1961-63 Bill Telford
1964-65 Maurie Robertson
1965 Bill Telford
1966-67 Lory Blanchard
1968 Des Barchard
1969 Lory Blanchard
1970 Morrie Church
1970-72 Lory Blanchard
1972 Des Barchard
1974-75 George Menzies
1977-78 Ron Ackland
1979-82 Ces Mountford
1983-86 Graham Lowe
1987-89 Tony Gordon
1990-91 Bob Bailey
1992-93 Howie Tamati
1995-96 Frank Endacott
1997 Graeme Norton
1998-00 Frank Endacott
2001-02 Gary Freeman
2004-05 Daniel Anderson
2005-07 Brian McClennan
2007 Gary Kemble
2008-16 Stephen Kearney
2016-17 David Kidwell
2018-23 Michael Maguire
2024-present Stacey Jones

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