Robert Hamilton (rugby union)
| Full name | Robert Wallace Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 January 1870 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 August 1946 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert Wallace Hamilton (21 January 1870 – 25 August 1946) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dublin, Hamilton went to secondary school at Epsom College in Surrey, England.[1]
Hamilton played his rugby for Dublin club Wanderers and was a forward. He attained a single Ireland cap, in a 1893 Home Nations match against Wales at Llanelli, which they lost.[2]
A solicitor, Hamilton was a senior partner of Longfield, Jameson and Hamilton on Clare Street in Dublin.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Webster, Frederick Annesley Michael (1937). Our Great Public Schools. Ward, Lock & Company. p. 115.
- ^ "Ireland v Wales". Dublin Daily Express. 13 March 1893.
- ^ "Mr. Robert Wallace Hamilton". Irish Independent. 31 August 1946.
External links
- Robert Hamilton at ESPNscrum