Rowland Byers Explained

Rowland Byers
Full Name:Rowland Morrow Byers
Birth Date:18 June 1905
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Place:Birchwood
Position:Three-quarter
Repyears1:1928–29
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:0

Rowland Morrow Byers (18 June 1905 — 26 September 2000) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Byers was the second-born son of academic and physician Professor Sir John Byers. He grew up in Belfast, attending Campbell College, then pursued further studies at the University of Oxford.[1]

A three-quarter, Byers won Oxford blues as a centre in 1926, but his five Ireland caps came on the wing, across the 1928 and 1929 Five Nations Championships. He also played for Belfast club North of Ireland.[2]

Byers was steward of the Turf Club in Dublin.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Eyers, Of Belfast . . 24 February 1928.
  2. News: Rugby Football . . 9 February 1929.
  3. News: Elected Steward . . 30 September 1970.