Andrew Newton (rugby union)
| Full name | Andrew Winstanley Newton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 September 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Portaferry, Down, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 September 1944 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Winstanley Newton (12 September 1879 – 14 September 1944) was an Irish–born England international rugby union player.
A lieutenant in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Newton served in the same regiment as Ireland international Basil Maclear and was quartered at Buttevant in County Cork. He however played rugby for an English club Blackheath and it was for England that he was capped in 1907, featuring as a wing three–quarter against Scotland in London.[1][2]
Newton immigrated to Australia to serve as private secretary to Lord Chelmsford, the newly appointed Governor of Queensland.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A. W. Newton Chosen". Sporting Life. 13 March 1907.
- ^ "England v. Scotland". The Cornish Telegraph. 14 March 1907.
- ^ "Lord Chelmsford's Suite". The Register (Adelaide). 9 September 1905. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Andrew Newton at ESPNscrum