page_title: Charlie Oliver (rugby union)
section_title: Rugby career
hierarchical_section_title: Charlie Oliver (rugby union) / Rugby career
caption_attribution_description: English: Archives New Zealand Reference: ACGO 8333 IA1 1350 / 15/11/59182
context_page_description: Charles Joshua Oliver was a New Zealand rugby union international who also represented his country in first-class cricket.
context_section_description: Oliver's early rugby had been played with Merivale before he made his way into the Canterbury side. He toured Australia in 1929 and made his Test debut for the All Blacks in a match against Australia at Sydney, aged 23. For the 1935/36 tour of Great Britain, Oliver was vice-captain and appeared in four Tests. By the time he retired he had amassed seven Test caps and 33 All Black matches in all, for 58 points.
  He spent the final years of his life in Australia. His son-in-law Dave Gillespie was also an All Black.
caption: Charles Joshua Oliver passport renewal application (1935)
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