Rowland Byers
| Full name | Rowland Morrow Byers | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 June 1905 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 September 2000 (aged 95) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Birchwood | ||||||||||||||||
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Rowland Morrow Byers (18 June 1905 — 26 September 2000) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Byers was the second-born son of academic and physician Professor Sir John Byers. He grew up in Belfast, attending Campbell College, then pursued further studies at the University of Oxford.[1]
A three-quarter, Byers won Oxford blues as a centre in 1926, but his five Ireland caps came on the wing, across the 1928 and 1929 Five Nations Championships. He also played for Belfast club North of Ireland.[2]
Byers was steward of the Turf Club in Dublin.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Eyers, Of Belfast". Daily Mirror. 24 February 1928.
- ^ "Rugby Football". Northern Whig. 9 February 1929.
- ^ "Elected Steward". Belfast News-Letter. 30 September 1970.
External links
[edit]- Rowland Byers at ESPNscrum