Charles Bolton (rugby union) explained

Charles Bolton
Full Name:Charles Arthur Bolton
Birth Date:3 January 1882
Birth Place:Kensington, England
Death Place:Eastbourne, England
School:Marlborough College
University:New College, Oxford
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1909
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Charles Arthur Bolton (3 January 1882 – 23 November 1963) was an English international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Kensington, Bolton was educated at Marlborough College and New College, Oxford.[1]

Bolton played rugby for United Services and was called up by England as a reserve for their match against the 1908–09 Wallabies, before gaining his only cap in a win over France at Leicester, utilised as a wing-forward.[2] [3]

A brigadier in the British Army, Bolton was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.[1]

Bolton married the daughter of colonial official Sir Henry John Jourdain.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Obituary . The Tank . 1963 . 534-545 . 96.
  2. News: United Services . Army and Navy Gazette . 16 January 1909.
  3. News: Rugby International . The Globe . 30 January 1909.
  4. News: Personal Notes . . 17 July 1912.