H. G. S. Gray
| Birth name | Hugh Grainger Stewart Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 August 1875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | North Berwick, East Lothian[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Grainger Stewart Gray (10 August 1875 – 1955)[2] was a Scottish player on the 1899 British Isles tour to Australia (often referred to as the England team[3]). He was never capped for Scotland, but had appeared in the Scottish Trials.
In 1899, Gray was invited to represent the British Isles on the team's first official tour to Australia. After the tourists lost the First Test, captain Matthew Mullineux made several team changes, and Alf Bucher was replaced by Gray, a trialist who normally played as a forward. Despite a comprehensive win in the Second Test, Gray was dropped for the Third Test and Boucher was back on the wing.
He normally played as a forward, but went on the wing for one of his games against Australia.
Gray played for Coventry RFC in England.[3]
Citations
- ^ 1881 Scotland Census
- ^ "Hugh Gray". lionsrugby.com/. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Notes by Forward". Otago Witness. No. 2365. Otago, New Zealand. 22 June 1899. p. 42. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
Bibliography
- Bath, Richard (ed.) (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.