Saxon McEwan
Matthew McEwan (5 October 1865 - 14 April 1899) 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
Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[1] He earned the nickname 'Saxon'.
Provincial career
He 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]
He played for Edinburgh Dsitrict in the 1886 inter-city fixture against Glasgow District,[8] the 1887 fixture and the 1888 fixture.[9]
Refereeing career
He 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
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
- Bath, p137
- "Matthew Clark McEwan". ESPN scrum.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850202/078/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
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|title=(help) - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18870131/144/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18880213/263/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18890126/084/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "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)