Pat Walsh (rugby)

Pat Walsh

Full name	Patrick Bernard Walsh
Nickname	Nimmo
Date of birth	(1879-05-03)3 May 1879
Place of birth	Cooks Hill, New South Wales
Date of death	22 May 1953(1953-05-22) (aged 74)
Place of death	Islington, New South Wales
Rugby league career
Position(s) Second-row Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1908 1909-11 Newcastle Huddersfield 2 ((0)) State of Origin Years Team Apps (Points) 1908 Queensland 1 ((0)) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1908-09 Australia 3 ((0))
Rugby union career
Position(s) number 8 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1906-08 Norwood Carlton Parnell and City (Auckland NZ) () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1899-05 1903-05 1907 Northern District NSW Waratahs Auckland () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1904 Australia 3 ((0))

Position(s)	Second-row
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1908 1909-11	Newcastle Huddersfield	2	((0))
State of Origin
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1908	Queensland	1	((0))
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1908-09	Australia	3	((0))

Position(s)	number 8
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1906-08	Norwood Carlton Parnell and City (Auckland NZ)		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1899-05 1903-05 1907	Northern District NSW Waratahs Auckland		()
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1904	Australia	3	((0))

Patrick Bernard "Nimmo" Walsh (3 May 1879 – 22 May 1953) was a pioneer Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code international, who saw active duty with the Australian Imperial Force in the first World War. He represented the Wallabies in three Tests in 1904 and the Kangaroos in three Tests on the first tour of Great Britain in 1908-09.

Born in 1879 at Cook's Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales he played rugby for the Norwood and Carlton clubs usually as a backrower and at times at fly-half.

In 1899 Walsh represented Northern District (Newcastle & Hunter) against the first touring British team in a match at Newcastle. In 1903 he represented Combined Country against Metropolis (Sydney City) and Combined Country against New Zealand. He also represented New South Wales against Queensland that year.

In 1904 he again represented Northern District against the touring British team and also represented New South Wales. He scored NSW's first try against Queensland and NSW's first try against the visiting British side in Sydney. That year he made his Wallaby debut as a number 8, playing in all three Tests against the touring British. In 1905 he represented NSW against Queensland. The rugby public were surprised when he missed selection for the national side to New Zealand. "Walsh's exclusion is simply a Chinese Puzzle".

Disappointed he left Australia, first going to Johannesburg, South Africa where he was Vice Captain of the Commonwealth football team, premiers in the 1905 Australian Football League Competition. That trophy is currently held at the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In 1905 Australian Rules football was played in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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