Hugh Wright (rugby union) explained

Hugh Wright
Birth Name:Hugh Brooks Wright
Birth Date:7 November 1875
Birth Place:Inveraray, Scotland
Death Place:Leeds, England
Ru Position:Forward
Ru Amateurclubs:Watsonians
Ru Provinceyears:-
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalyears:1894
Ru Nationalcaps:1
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

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

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians.[2]

Provincial career

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

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

Coaching career

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

Boxing career

He was a Scottish amateur boxing champion.[7]

Rowing career

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

Family

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.

Death

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugh Brooks Wright. ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18931225/008/0003. British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: The Field, 27 January 1894 . 17 March 2023 . British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Web site: Wales v Scotland. ESPN scrum.
  7. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19531230/086/0003. British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18970531/124/0005. British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001774/19071107/057/0004. British Newspaper Archive.