Matthew Clark McEwan (5 October 1865 – 14 April 1899), known as Saxon McEwan, was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]
| Birth name | Matthew Clark McEwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 October 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ayr, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 April 1899 (aged 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Chicago, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
McEwan played for Edinburgh Academicals.[1] He earned the nickname 'Saxon'.
Provincial career edit
McEwan played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 31 January 1885.[3] He again played for East of Scotland District in the 1886 fixture,[4] the 1887 fixture,[5] and the 1888 fixture.[6] He captained the East side in the 1889 match.[7]
McEwan played for Edinburgh District in the 1886 inter-city fixture against Glasgow District,[8] the 1887 fixture and the 1888 fixture.[9]
International career edit
McEwan was capped fifteen times for Scotland between 1886 and 1892.[1][10]
Refereeing career edit
McEwan refereed one international match in the Home Nations Championship; the 1892 match between England and Wales. Remarkably he was a still a Scotland international player at this point, and he later played for Scotland in that season's championship.[11]
Family edit
He was born to Thomas McEwan (1834-1895) and Agnes Clark (1840-1914). He was the brother of Bill McEwan who was also capped for Scotland.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Bath, p137
- ^ "Matthew Clark McEwan". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Matthew McEwan – Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "England v Wales".
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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