William Horner Fletcher

Willian Horner Fletcher
13th Mayor of Manly
In office 14 February 1899 – 15 February 1901
Preceded by	Frederick Passau
Succeeded by	Ellison Quirk
Alderman on the Manly Municipal Council
In office 20 May 1892 – February 1902
Preceded by	William George Anslow
Succeeded by	James Fergueson Walker
Constituency	Wentworth Ward
Personal details
Born	1851 Auckland, Colony of New Zealand
Died	1931 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse(s)	Louise (née Moore)
Education	Ipswich Grammar School Newington College
Occupation	Accountant
Religion	Methodist
Website	William Horner Fletcher

William Horner Fletcher (1851 – 1931) was a New Zealand-born Australian accountant and mayor of Manly Council. He was a pioneering player of rugby union in New South Wales.

Fletcher was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was the second son of Kate (née Green) and Joseph Horner Fletcher (1823–1890), who was a Methodist minister and the Principal of Wesley College at the time of his birth. In 1861, the Fletcher family moved to Queensland and whilst his father was serving in Ipswich, Fletcher attended Ipswich Grammar School. When his father was invited to succeed John Manton as President of Newington College, Fletcher moved with his family to New South Wales and completed his high school education at his father's new school. He was a younger brother of Joseph James Fletcher (1850–1926) and older brother of Norman Vyner Fletcher (1867–1889).

Fletcher's father, Joseph, was a pioneer of rugby union. He was instrumental in 1869 in organising the first game of school-boy rugby to be played against the University of Sydney, and of inter-school rugby being played in Australia, between Newington and The King's School, Parramatta in 1870. William Horner Fletcher played in those games and then post-school played as a quarter back for the Waratah Rugby Club. He became the first secretary of the Southern Rugby Football Union in 1874.

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