Alfred Peter Penketh (1865 – 18 February 1932) was a Manx rugby union player, who took part in the first 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia.Griffiths, John (1990). British Lions. Swindon: Crowood Press. He played for Douglas Rugby Football Club.
Personal history Penketh was born in Fairfield, Liverpool to Captain Richard Penketh, a banker, and later lived in Port Soderick, Isle of Man. He married Frances Laura Jane Holmes on 1 June 1910.
Rugby career Penketh was a forward, and played in 19 games of the tour, scoring a solitary try, against Canterbury in New Zealand on 9 May 1888.
Other than the British Isles tour, he was not selected for any national side (the Isle of Man itself has never fielded a national team). He was the only Manxman to have been selected for the British Lions.
See also Rugby union in the Isle of Man
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