James Fraser (rugby union)

James Fraser was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

James Fraser
Birth nameJames William Fraser
Date of birth(1859-05-30)30 May 1859
Place of birthKingston upon Hull, England
Date of death21 January 1943(1943-01-21) (aged 83)
Place of deathKingston upon Hull, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Institution F.P. ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1881 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P..[2]

International career

He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1881.[3]

Medical career

Fraser became a doctor.[4] He became the first full time medical officer to the Hull Education Authority.[5] He maintained that post till he retired in 1926.[6]

Other interests

He was greatly interested in the Hull Subscription Library. He was also very involved with the youth of the city, and was a chairman of the local Young People's Institute.[6]

Family

He was the eldest son of Evan Fraser (1826-1906), a Scottish doctor from Duddingston; and Sarah Hewat (born 1829) from Portobello.[4] Evan Fraser and Sarah Hewat moved to Hull shortly after their marriage in 1858 - and he became chairman of the Hull Health committee. The Evan Fraser hospital in Hull bore his name. The hospital specialised in infectious diseases; notably smallpox.[7] James was one of five children the couple had.

James Fraser married Rose Thorney in 1883. Miss Thorney was the daughter of the Hull city coroner.[6] They had a daughter, Dorothy, in 1885. James outlived his wife, who died in 1927, and his daughter, who died in 1941. He died in the Victoria Nursing Home in 1943, leaving £7511 and 2 shillings in his estate.[8]

References
  1. "James William Fraser". ESPN scrum.
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - James Fraser - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19430123/070/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19430125/015/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19430122/029/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Robinson, Hannah (October 6, 2019). "The 'wicked' building that has been wiped off the face of Hull". HullLive.
  8. "Ancestry Sign-In". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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