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H. G. S. Gray

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Hugh Gray
Birth nameHugh Grainger Stewart Gray
Date of birth(1875-08-10)10 August 1875
Place of birthNorth Berwick, East Lothian[1]
Date of death1955
Place of deathSouth Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forwards
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Coventry RFC ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1899 British Isles 2 (0)

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

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  1. ^ 1881 Scotland Census
  2. ^ "Hugh Gray". lionsrugby.com/. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Notes by Forward". Otago Witness. No. 2365. Otago, New Zealand. 22 June 1899. p. 42. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

Bibliography

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  • Bath, Richard (ed.) (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.