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Hugh Wright (rugby union)

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Hugh Wright
Birth nameHugh Brooks Wright
Date of birth(1875-11-07)7 November 1875
Place of birthInveraray, Scotland
Date of death24 December 1953(1953-12-24) (aged 78)
Place of deathLeeds, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Edinburgh District ()
- Cities District ()
- East of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1894 Scotland 1 (0)

Hugh Wright, (7 November 1875 – 24 December 1953) was a Scotland international rugby football player.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played for Watsonians.[2]

Provincial career

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Wright played for Edinburgh District in the 1893 inter-city match.[3]

He played for Cities District in 1893.[4]

He played for East of Scotland District in 1894.[5]

International career

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He was capped once for Scotland in 1894.[6]

Coaching career

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He coached Harrogate Old Boys; and was for a time, a coach at Ampleforth College.[7]

Boxing career

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He was a Scottish amateur boxing champion.[7]

Rowing career

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He was a keen rower, and was in the Portbello Amateur Rowing Club.[8][7]

Family

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He was born to Quintin Montgomery Wright (1826-1886), a solicitor, and Prudence Elizabeth Blake Giraud (1825-1919). Hugh was one of their nine children.[9]

Hugh married Dora Jane Hutton (1885-1939) in Wetherby, Yorkshire in 1907.[citation needed]

Death

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He died at Leeds General Infirmary. He is buried in St. Mary's churchyard in Boston Spa, Yorkshire.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Hugh Brooks Wright". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18931225/008/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "The Field, 27 January 1894". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Wales v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
  7. ^ a b c d https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19531230/086/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18970531/124/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001774/19071107/057/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)