Charles Saxton (sportsman)

Charlie Saxton

Full name	Charles Kesteven Saxton
Date of birth	(1913-05-23)23 May 1913
Place of birth	Kurow, New Zealand
Date of death	4 July 2001(2001-07-04) (aged 88)
Place of death	Dunedin, New Zealand
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback New Zealand No. 443 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–36 1937–38 1939 Otago South Canterbury Southland () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 New Zealand 3 ((9))
Cricket information Batting style Right-handed batsman Domestic team information Years Team 1934–39 Otago First-class debut 24 December 1934  v Wellington Last First-class 31 December 1938  v Auckland Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 7 Runs scored 226 Batting average 17.38 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 37 Catches/stumpings 3/0 Source: Cricket Archive

Position(s)	Halfback
New Zealand No.	443
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1935–36 1937–38 1939	Otago South Canterbury Southland		()
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1938	New Zealand	3	((9))

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1934–39	Otago
First-class debut	24 December 1934  v Wellington
Last First-class	31 December 1938  v Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 7 Runs scored 226 Batting average 17.38 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 37 Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: Cricket Archive

Charles Kesteven "Charlie" Saxton MBE (23 May 1913 – 4 July 2001) was a New Zealand cricketer, and rugby union player, coach and administrator.

Born in Kurow, Saxton was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin, where he was a member of the school's 1st XV rugby team between 1931 and 1932 coached by Jimmy Duncan.

A halfback, Saxton represented Otago, South Canterbury, and Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1938. He played seven matches for the All Blacks including three internationals. At the conclusion of World War II he captained the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force "Kiwis" team on their 1945–46 tour of Britain and Europe.

Returning to New Zealand, Saxton coached the Pirates club in Dunedin, and was an assistant coach of the Otago team from 1948 to 1957. In 1967 he managed the All Blacks on their tour of Britain, France and Canada. Saxton served on the council of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) from 1957 to 1971 and was president of the NZRFU in 1974. He was elected a life member of the NZRFU two years later.

In 1973, Saxton wrote the coaching booklet The ABC of Rugby, which had a print run of 70,000 copies, in conjunction with the NZRFU.

In the 1978 New Year Honours, Saxton was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to rugby.

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