Morrie Wood

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{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Morrie Wood

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| image = Morris "Morrie" E Wood.jpg

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| birth_name = Morris Edwin Wood

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|10|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Waipawa, New Zealand

| death_place = Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|08|09|1876|10|09|df=yes}}

| position = Second five-eighth

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| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1901–04

| repcaps1 = 2

| reppoints1 = 0

| province1 = Bush

| province2 = {{Rut|Hawke's Bay}}

| province3 = {{Rut|Wellington}}

| province4 = {{Rut|Canterbury}}

| province5 = {{Rut|Auckland}}

| provinceyears1 = 1894–97

| provinceyears2 = 1898–99

| provinceyears3 = 1900–01

| provinceyears4 = 1902–03

| provinceyears5 = 1904

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Morris Edwin Wood (9 October 1876 – 9 August 1956) was a New Zealand rugby union player and athletics champion. As second five-eighth, Wood represented the provinces of Bush, {{Rut|Hawke's Bay}}, {{Rut|Wellington}}, {{Rut|Canterbury}}, and {{Rut|Auckland}}. In athletics, he was New Zealand long-jump champion.

Wood was a member of the New Zealand national team from 1901 to 1904. His 12 matches included New Zealand's first international test, against Australia.

{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=982

|title=Match Centre: Morrie Wood | last = Ponsonby District RFC

| publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | access-date = 9 October 2015}}

In his final match, he captained the Auckland province to a 13–0 defeat of the touring British and Irish Lions.

{{cite journal |title=THE AUCKLAND-BRITAIN MATCH. A PLAYER'S VIEWS

|journal=Star |date=22 August 1904 |issue=8095

|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040822.2.42.1 |access-date=4 May 2019}}

File:All Blacks at Leisure (about 1904).jpgWood's 1903 long jump of {{convert|21|ft|8+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} would have been the New Zealand record,

{{cite journal |title=Athletics: Canterbury's Team for Saturday

|journal=New Zealand Times |date=6 January 1904

|volume=LXXVI |issue=5166 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19040106.2.27

|access-date=4 May 2019}}

but was eventually assessed as being wind-assisted and so was not ratified.

{{cite journal |last1=Amateur |title=Athletics

|journal=Otago Daily Times |date=16 June 1904 |issue=13001

|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19040616.2.89.3

|access-date=4 May 2019}}

He went on to win the long jump at the 1904 New Zealand athletics championships, his leap of {{convert|19|ft|7+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} taking the title from Te Rangi Hīroa.

{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf

|title=National champions 1887–2014 |date=January 2015

|publisher=Athletics New Zealand |access-date=9 October 2015

| first=Stephen | last=Hollings |page=37}}

{{cite journal |title=The Athletic Championship

|journal=Evening Star |date=11 January 1904 |issue=12090

|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19040111.2.68

|access-date=4 May 2019}}