Alfred Bayly

Alfred Bayly (20 May 1866 – 14 December 1907) was a New Zealand rugby union player and administrator, and cricketer.

Early life and family Born in Waitara on 20 May 1866, Bayly was the son of Thomas Bayly and Ann Bayly (née Rundle).

He was one of six brothers who represented Taranaki at cricket and rugby, including: and they went on to have five daughters, three of whom died as children.

Bayly served as a Taranaki selector from 1891 to 1898, in 1901, and in 1906, and was a national selector in 1901 and 1905. He was president of the Taranaki Rugby Football Union between 1899 and 1906, and president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union in 1907, dying in office.

Later life and death A farmer at Toko, Bayly sold his property to the government in about 1905 and moved to Stratford. Owing to ill health, he moved to Whanganui in 1907, and died there on 14 December 1907. He was buried at Stratford Pioneer Cemetery.