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Cecil J. Wray
New Zealand sports administrator

Cecil J. Wray

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New Zealand sports administrator
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88 years
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Whanganui Collegiate School
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Cecil James Wray (1867–1955) was a New Zealand sports administrator, resident in England from 1913. He represented New Zealand on the International Olympic Committee from 1931 to 1934, and was on the Rugby Football Union in England for 25 years.

He was born in Patea and attended Wanganui Collegiate School 1883–86. He was a rower, cricketer and rugby player.

After working as a bank clerk he qualified as a lawyer. He practiced as a lawyer in Wanganui, and was on the Wanganui Borough Council until he moved to England. During World War I he entertained New Zealand soldiers on leave in England. He died in Bournemouth.

He assisted William Pember Reeves in writing and revising The Long White Cloud (1898), a history of New Zealand.

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