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Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player
Edward Ewart
Birth nameEdward Neil Ewart
Date of birth(1860-08-02)2 August 1860
Place of birthMoffat, Scotland
Date of death26 April 1935(1935-04-26) (aged 74)
Place of deathRoseburg, Oregon, United States
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1877 Glasgow District ()
1878 Blues Trial ()
1879 West of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1879-80 Scotland 3 ((2 tries))

Edwart Ewart (2 August 1860 – 26 April 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals. He left Scotland in 1884 to go the United States after his mother died in 1883. He joined his older brother who had set up a farm in Oregon.

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 1 December 1877.

He played for Blues Trial in their match against Whites Trial on 16 February 1878. This trial match was to try and impress the Scotland international side selectors.

He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 1 March 1879.

International career

He was capped three times for Scotland between 1879 and 1880 spanning the 1879 Home Nations Championship and the 1880 Home Nations Championship.

References

  1. "Edward Neil Ewart".
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Edward Ewart - Test matches".


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