Arthur Hennessy

Arthur Hennessy

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Stephen Hennessy
Born	24 September 1876 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 September 1959(1959-09-19) (aged 82) Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	12 st 6 lb (79 kg; 174 lb)
Rugby union
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1901–07 South Sydney Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1901–07 New South Wales
Rugby league
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–09 South Sydney 6 2 0 0 6 1909 Easts (Sydney) 4 0 0 0 0 1910–11 South Sydney 20 7 1 0 23 Total 30 9 1 0 29 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1907–08 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 0 1908 Australia 2 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1908 South Sydney 1918 South Sydney 14 12 0 2 86 1946 South Sydney 14 0 0 14 0 Total 28 12 0 16 43 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1913–13 New South Wales 1929–30 Australia 1930 New Zealand 0 0 0 0

Arthur Stephen "Ash" Hennessy (24 September 1876 – 19 September 1959) was an Australian pioneer rugby league identity. He was a seminal figure in the creation of the South Sydney Rabbitohs for whom he played and later coached. He was a state and national representative hooker/forward and was the first captain of the Australian national rugby league team. He played for New South Wales in the first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union. He later coached at club, state and national representative levels.