Francis James Oliver

Surname: 
Oliver
First names: 
Francis James
Known by: 
Frank
All Black Player No: 
750
All Black games played: 
43
All Black years: 
1976 - 1981
Clubs: 

Marist, Waiau
Tokomarire
Marist

Provincial teams: 

Southland 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Otago 1978, 1979
Manawatu 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
NZ Police 1968
NZ Juniors Trial 1969, 1970
NZ Juniors 1969, 1970
NZ Services 1968
South Island 1972
NZ Combined Services 1972
South Island Possibles 1970
NZ Trial Probables 1970
South Island Probables 1971
Cantabrians 1972
Centurions 1969

Provincial captain: 

NZ Juniors 1970
Southland 1977
NZ Marist 1976
Sassenachs 1978
Sth Island 1979
International XV 1979
NZ Combined Services 1972

Country captain: 

All Blacks 1978

Biography: 

1968: NZ Police: Lock - 4 games
1968: NZ Services:
Flanker - 2 games
1969:
Lock - 7 games
1969: NZ Juniors:
Lock - 1 game
1969: NZ Juniors Trial: Lock - 1 game
1969: Centurions: Lock - 1 game

1970:
Lock [5], Flanker [2] - 7 games
1970: S I Possibles: Lock - 1 game
1970: NZ Juniors Trial: Lock - 1 game
1970: NZ Juniors: Lock - 1 game
1970: Probables: Lock - 1 game

1971: Lock - 1 game
1971: S I Probables: Lock - 1 game
1972: Lock [4], Flanker [5] - 9 games
1972: NZ Comb Servs: Prop - 1 game
1972: 1st Possibles: Prop - 1 game
1972: Sth Island: Prop - 1 game
1972: Cantabrians: Lock - 1 game

1973: Lock [8], Sub [1] - 9 games
1974: No8/Lock - 9 games
1974: Probables: Lock - 1 game
1974: 2nd Probables: Lock - 1 game
1974: Sth Island: Lock - 1 game

1975: Lock - 11 games
1975: NZ Trial: Lock - 1 game
1975: Sth Island: Lock - 1 game
1975: Sassenachs: Lock - 1 game
1976: AB's: Lock - 1 test - 11 tour games, Prop - 1 tour game

1976: NZ Trial: Lock - 1 game
1976: NZ Marist: Lock - 1 game
1976: Lock - 2 games
1977: AB's: Lock - 6 tests, 3 tour games
1977: Sth Island: Lock - 1 game
1977: NZ Trial: Lock - 1 game
1977: Lock - 9 games
1977: NZ Barbarians: Lock - 2 games
1978: AB's: Lock - 7 tests (3 as captain), 7 tour games (1 as captain) - 2 tries (8 pts)
1978: Lock - 4 games
1978: Zingari-Richmond Invitation XV: Lock - 1 game
1978: Sassenachs: Lock - 1 game
1978: Barbarians: Lock - 1 game
1979: AB's: Lock - 2 tests
1979: Sth Island: Lock - 1 game
1979: NZ Probables: Lock - 1 game
1979: Lock - 4 games
1979: Wasps: Lock - 1 game
1979: International XV: Lock - 5 games
1980: AB's: Lock - 1 test, 3 tour games
1980: Flanker (1), Lock (12) - 13 games
1980: NZ XV: Lock - 1 game
1980: NZ Possibles: Lock - 1 game
1980: Nth Island: Lock - 1 game
1981: AB's: Lock - 1 test
1981: Lock - 13 games
1981: Nth Island: Lock - 1 game
1981: Barbarians: Lock - 1 game
1981: Harlequins: Lock - 1 game
1981: Manawatu XV: Lock - 1 game
1982: Lock - 17 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1982: Queensland Centenary International XV: Lock - 1 game
1983: Lock - 11 games - 1 try (4 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 18 tests, 25 tour games (8 pts):
Prov: Man: 54 games (12 pts): Ot: 8 games: Sthl: 64 games:
Others: 49 games

Total: 218 games (20 pts)