Alfred Peter Penketh was a Manx rugby union player, who took part in the first 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia. 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==
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==