# Micky Dore > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Micky_Dore > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Micky_Dore.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Dore > Source revision: 1340672122 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Micky Dore | image = | birth_name = Michael Joseph Dore{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1720.html|title=Scrum.com player profile of Mike Dore|publisher=Scrum.com|accessdate=12 July 2010}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1883|7|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [Brisbane, Queensland](/source/Brisbane%2C_Queensland) | death_date = {{death date and age|1910|8|13|1883|7|1|df=y}}[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=HNS19100815.2.61 "AUSTRALIAN NEWS"], Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, 15 August 1910, Page 8 | death_place = [Spring Hill, Queensland](/source/Spring_Hill%2C_Queensland) | occupation = Saddler’s clerk | relatives = [Edmund](/source/Eric_Dore), Vince - brothers; Vince Dore - son | school = [St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace](/source/St._Joseph's_College%2C_Gregory_Terrace) | position = [scrum-half](/source/scrum-half_(rugby_union)) | amatteam1 = [North Brisbane](/source/Norths%2FQUT) | amatyears1 = 1902-07 | repyears1 = 1905 | repteam1 = [Australia](/source/Australia_national_rugby_union_team) | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | province1 = [Queensland](/source/Queensland_Reds){{cite web|title=Biographies: Michael Joseph (Mick, Mickey) Dore|url=http://www.braveandgame.com.au/Article.aspx?id=46|publisher=Brave and Game|accessdate=8 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102347/http://www.braveandgame.com.au/Article.aspx?id=46|archivedate=6 July 2011}} | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = 23 | provincepoints1 = | module = {{infobox rugby league biography | embed = yes | position = Half-back | yearAstart = 1907 | teamA = [Queensland](/source/Queensland_rugby_league_team) | appearancesA = 2 | pointsA = | teamB = [Australia](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team) | yearBstart = 1908 | yearBend = 09 | appearancesB = 3 | pointsB = 0 }} }} '''Michael Joseph Dore''' (1 July 1883 – 13 August 1910) was an Australian representative [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) and [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer - a [dual-code international](/source/List_of_dual-code_rugby_internationals). He was one of the founding fathers of [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) in Queensland. Along with [Dally Messenger](/source/Dally_Messenger), [Denis Lutge](/source/Denis_Lutge), [Doug McLean snr](/source/Doug_McLean_snr) and [John Rosewell](/source/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](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_league_team). ==Rugby union career== Dore was selected as [scrum-half](/source/scrum-half_(rugby_union)) for the [Australia national rugby union team](/source/Australia_national_rugby_union_team) against New Zealand, at Dunedin, on 2 September 1905. His elder brother [Edmund](/source/Eric_Dore) had also represented Australia against the 1904 British Isles tourists. ==Rugby league career== thumb|left|200px|Dore front 2nd from leftDore'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. Along with two other of the five inaugural selectors ([Arthur Hennessy](/source/Arthur_Hennessy) & [Lutge](/source/Denis_Lutge)) Dore picked himself in 1908 for the first two rugby league internationals against New Zealand. He played in the [first ever trans-Tasman test](/source/1907%E2%80%9308_New_Zealand_rugby_tour_of_Australia_and_Great_Britain), which was the debut match of the [Australia national rugby league team](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team). He is listed on the ''Australian Players Register'' as Kangaroo No.5.ARL Annual Report 2005, page 52 Dore was unable to get leave of absence from his job to attend the 1908–09 [Kangaroo](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team) tour of England and made his 3rd and final rugby league Test appearance against New Zealand in Sydney in 1909. Altogether he played three Tests for the [Australian national team](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team) as [Half-Back](/source/rugby_league_positions). ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==Sources== * Whiticker, Alan (2004) ''Captaining the Kangaroos'', New Holland, Sydney * Andrews, Malcolm (2006) ''The ABC of Rugby League'', Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney {{DEFAULTSORT:Dore, Micky}} Category:1883 births Category:Australian rugby union players Category:Australia international rugby union players Category:Dual-code rugby internationals Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Australia national rugby league team players Category:Queensland rugby league team players Category:Burials at Nudgee Cemetery Category:1910 deaths Category:Rugby union players from Brisbane Category:Rugby union scrum-halves Category:Australian people of Irish descent Category:Rugby league players from Brisbane Category:People educated at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace Category:Queensland rugby union team players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Micky Dore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Dore) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Dore?action=history)). 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