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Rugby player
Aubrey DowsonMC
Full nameAubrey Osler Dowson
Date of birth(1874-11-10)10 November 1874
Place of birthStockport, England
Date of death5 October 1940(1940-10-05) (aged 65)
Place of deathHanging Langford, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1899 England 1 (0)

Aubrey Osler Dowson (10 November 1874 – 5 October 1940) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Stockport, Dowson was educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford. He gained a rugby blue in 1896 and was a varsity athlete, specialising in the throwing events. A forward, Dowson also played rugby with Birmingham club Moseley and in 1899 was capped for England against Scotland at Blackheath.

Dowson served in France with the 12th Rifle Brigade during World War I and was decorated with the Military Cross.

See also

References

  1. "Rugby Football Notes". Birmingham Evening Mail. 4 March 1899.
  2. "Internationals". Moseley Rugby.
  3. "Mr. A. O. Dowson". The Birmingham Post. 12 October 1940.

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