Harry Boyes | |
Birth Name: | Harry Churchill Boyes |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1868 |
Birth Place: | Cape Town |
Death Place: | Kimberley, South Africa |
Ru Position: | Wing |
Repteam1: | South Africa |
Repyears1: | 1891 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Ntupdate: | 19 July 2010 |
Ru Province1: | Griqualand West |
Ru Provinceupdate: | 19 July 2010 |
School: | Diocesan College[1] and St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown[2] |
Harry Churchill Boyes (12 March 1868 – 26 October 1892) was a South African international rugby union winger.[3]
Boyes was educated at Diocesan College and St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made two appearances for South Africa, both during Great Britain's 1891 tour. Boyes was selected to play in the 1st match of the series, which was South Africa's first as a Test nation, Great Britain won the game 4–0. He also played in the second Test, another Great Britain victory, but was not included in the side for the final match.[4] Boyes died the following year, in Kimberley, at the age of 24 when he fell off the switchback railway at the Kimberley Exhibition.[5]
No. | Opponents | Results(SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue | |
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1. | 0–4 | Wing | 30 Jul 1891 | Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth | |||
2. | British Isles | 0–3 | Wing | 29 Aug 1891 | Eclectic Cricket Ground, Kimberley |