Hugh Wright (rugby union)
| Birth name | Hugh Brooks Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 November 1875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Inveraray, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 December 1953 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Wright, (7 November 1875 – 24 December 1953) was a Scotland international rugby football player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Watsonians.[2]
Provincial career
[edit]Wright played for Edinburgh District in the 1893 inter-city match.[3]
He played for Cities District in 1893.[4]
He played for East of Scotland District in 1894.[5]
International career
[edit]He was capped once for Scotland in 1894.[6]
Coaching career
[edit]He coached Harrogate Old Boys; and was for a time, a coach at Ampleforth College.[7]
Boxing career
[edit]He was a Scottish amateur boxing champion.[7]
Rowing career
[edit]He was a keen rower, and was in the Portbello Amateur Rowing Club.[8][7]
Family
[edit]He was born to Quintin Montgomery Wright (1826-1886), a solicitor, and Prudence Elizabeth Blake Giraud (1825-1919). Hugh was one of their nine children.[9]
Hugh married Dora Jane Hutton (1885-1939) in Wetherby, Yorkshire in 1907.[citation needed]
Death
[edit]He died at Leeds General Infirmary. He is buried in St. Mary's churchyard in Boston Spa, Yorkshire.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hugh Brooks Wright". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18931225/008/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The Field, 27 January 1894". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c d https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19531230/086/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18970531/124/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001774/19071107/057/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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