Morgan Crowe Explained

Morgan Crowe
Birth Name:Morgan Patrick Crowe
Birth Date:5 March 1907
Birth Place:Dublin
Death Date:8 April 1993
Death Place:Ballsbridge
University:Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Position:Centre
Years1:1932 - 35
Clubs1:Leicester Tigers
Apps1:72
Points1:160
Years2:????
Clubs2:Richmond Hospital
Lansdowne
Repyears1:1929 - 34
Repcaps1:13
Reppoints1:6

Morgan Patrick Crowe (5 March 1907  - 8 April 1993) was a rugby union centre who played thirteen times for between 1929 - 34.[1] He played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Lansdowne.

Crowe made his international debut for on 9 March 1929 against in a 5 - 5 draw at Ravenhill.[2] He played for Richmond Hospital in the Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup. In the 1930 final against Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital he fractured his clavicle, ruling him out of the 1930 Lions tour of New Zealand, which he had been selected for. [3]

A doctor by profession his work took him to the Leicester Royal Infirmary.[4] Crowe made his Leicester Tigers debut on 1 October 1932 against Coventry at Welford Road. Crowe played 25 times in his first season at the club and earned a re-call to the Ireland international side for the 1933 Home Nations Championship playing against Wales and . Crowe became Leicester's regular goal kicker in the 1933/34 season and was the club's top scorer with 87 points across 30 games.[5] His final game for Leicester was on 23 April 1935 against Exeter.

Crowe also briefly played football for UCD in the Leinster Senior League.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morgan Crowe. ESPNscrum. 26 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Ireland (5) 5 - 5 (0) Wales (FT). ESPN. 26 May 2018.
  3. Dr Michael Farrell . The Hospital Pass: 140 years of Dublin Hospitals Rugby . YouTube video . Royal College of Physicians in Ireland . Dublin, Ireland . 14 October 2019 .
  4. Book: Farmer. Stuart . Hands . David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. 978-0-9930213-0-5. 424.
  5. Book: Farmer. Stuart . Hands . David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. 978-0-9930213-0-5. 105.
  6. Evening Herald 05/09/32 - "Rugby International's Spectacular Score" - p8