Micky Dore

Micky Dore

Full name	Michael Joseph Dore[1]
Date of birth	1 July 1883(1883-07-01)
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland [1]
Date of death	13 August 1910(1910-08-13) (aged 27)[1][2])
Place of death	Spring Hill, Queensland[3]
School	St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace[3]
Notable relative(s)	Edmund, Vince[3] - brothers; Vince Dore[3] - son
Occupation(s)	saddler’s clerk[3]
Rugby league career
Position	Half-back
State Representation
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Queensland[3]	2[3]
National teams
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1908-09	Australia	3	(0)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	scrum-half[1]
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1902-07[3]	North Brisbane
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Queensland[3]	23[3]
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1905[1]	Australia	1[1]	(0)[1]

Michael Joseph "Micky" Dore (1 July 1883–13 August 1910^[2]), was an Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player - a dual-code international. He was one of the founding fathers of rugby league in Queensland. Along with Dally Messenger, Denis Lutge, Doug McLean snr and John Rosewell he was one of the inaugural five Australian dual code rugby internationals who having earlier represented at rugby union, debuted in international rugby league in Sydney on 9 May 1908 in the first ever Australian league Test against New Zealand.

Rugby union career

Dore was selected as scrum-half for the Australia national rugby union team against New Zealand, at Dunedin, on 2 September 1905. His elder brother Edmund had also represented Australia against the 1904 British Isles tourists.

Dore's decision to switch codes in 1907 influenced many other Queensland union players including his brother, to join the Rugby League ranks. He was a member of the inaugural committee of the Queensland Rugby Football Association and was a foundation Australian selector.

Representative career

He played three Tests for the Australian national team as Half-Back.

Along with two other of the five inaugural selectors (Arthur Hennessy & Lutge) Dore picked himself in 1908 for the first two rugby league internationals against New Zealand. He was unable to get leave of absence from his job to attend the 1908-09 Kangaroo tour of England and made his 3rd and final rugby league Test appearance against New Zealand in Sydney in 1909.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Scrum.com player profile of Mike Dore". Scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1720.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "AUSTRALIAN NEWS", Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, 15 August 1910, Page 8
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "Biographies: Michael Joseph (Mick, Mickey) Dore". Brave and Game. http://www.braveandgame.com.au/Article.aspx?id=46. Retrieved 8 August 2010. 

Sources

• Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney

References

Persondata
Name	Dore, Mike
Alternative names	Dore, Michael Joseph;Dore, Micky
Short description	Australian rugby union player, Australian rugby league player, founding father of rugby league in Queensland
Date of birth	1 July 1883
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
Date of death	13 August 1910
Place of death	Spring Hill, Queensland