Melville Glasheen

Melville Glasheen
Personal information
Born(1904-09-26)26 September 1904
Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia
Died2 September 1971(1971-09-02) (aged 66)
Playing information
PositionHooker
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932–34 Queensland 3 0 0 0 0
1933 Australia

Melville Glasheen (26 September 1904 – 2 September 1971) was an Australian rugby league player.[1]

Glasheen hailed from the Queensland town of Ravenswood and attended Townsville Grammar School.[2]

A hooker, Glasheen got his start with Townsville club Estates and came to the attention of Australian selectors through representative appearances for North Queensland. He was controversially overlooked for a place in the Kangaroos squad for their 1933–34 tour of Great Britain, before receiving a late call up as an injury replacement. This gave him the distinction of being the first North Queensland product to gain national representative honours.[3]

References

  1. ^ ""Mick" Glasheen Returns". The Townsville Daily Bulletin. 23 June 1933. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Ravenswood Notes". The Townsville Daily Bulletin. 31 July 1933. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Rugby League". The Cairns Post. 29 June 1933. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
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