Edward_Ewart
Edward Ewart
Scotland international rugby union player
Edwart Ewart (2 August 1860 – 26 April 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Edward Neil Ewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1860-08-02)2 August 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Moffat, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 April 1935(1935-04-26) (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Roseburg, Oregon, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2] He left Scotland in 1884 to go the United States after his mother died in 1883. He joined his older brother who had set up a farm in Oregon.
Provincial career
He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 1 December 1877.[3]
He played for Blues Trial in their match against Whites Trial on 16 February 1878. This trial match was to try and impress the Scotland international side selectors.[4]
He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 1 March 1879.[5]
International career
He was capped three times for Scotland between 1879 and 1880 spanning the 1879 Home Nations Championship and the 1880 Home Nations Championship.[6]
- Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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