Sydney Charles Newman (27 July 1919 – 2 June 1990) was a South African-born England rugby union representative.
| Full name | Sydney Charles Newman | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 June 1990 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Christian Brothers College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Born and raised in South Africa, Newman was a fullback, capped three times for England while in the country to study at the University of Oxford, where he was a rugby blue.[1] He also played for Moseley.[2]
Newman made his England debut in their 1947 Five Nations win over France at Twickenham. He started the 1948 season as England's fullback in the one-off Test against Australia and two weeks later gained his third cap in a Five Nations match against Wales. His first-minute penalty goal in the Wales match, a difficult shot from distance under heavy rain, was England's only score in a 3–3 draw that secured their only points of the campaign.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Oxford + S. Africa = England". Daily News. 13 December 1946.
- ^ "S. C. Newman in Moseley XV". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 14 October 1948.
- ^ "England take rugby lead in 60 seconds". Evening Standard. 17 January 1948.
External links
edit- Syd Newman at ESPNscrum