David Trail | |
Birth Name: | David Herbert Trail |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1875 |
Birth Place: | Munrorie[1] |
Death Place: | Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Ru Position: | Forward |
Repteam1: | British and Irish Lions |
Repcaps1: | 4 |
Reppoints1: | Pts:0; Tries:0; Conv:0; Pens:0; Drop:0 |
Repyears1: | 1904–1904 |
Clubs1: | Guy's Hospital Football Club |
School: | Dulwich College |
David Trail (1875-1935) was a rugby union international who represented a forerunner of the British and Irish Lions, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904.
David Trail was born on 17 October 1875 in Munrorie. He attended Dulwich College. He went on to study medicine and became a doctor practising at Guy's Hospital.
Trail learnt his rugby at Dulwich College, a school that had already produced a number of international players. He went on to play for the powerful Guy's Hospital Football Club. He made his international debut on 2 July 1904 at Sydney in the Australia vs Anglo-Welsh match.Of the 4 matches he played he was on the winning side on 3 occasions.He played his final match for Anglo-Welsh on 13 August 1904 at Wellington in the New Zealand vs Anglo-Welsh match.