Alfred Methuen
Birth nameAlfred Methuen
Date of birth(1868-02-15)15 February 1868
Place of birthNewhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death5 March 1949(1949-03-05) (aged 81)
Place of deathSeaview, Isle of Wight, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Cambridge University
London Scottish		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1889 East of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1889 Scotland 2 (0)

Alfred Methuen (15 February 1868 – 5 March 1949) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Cambridge University and then London Scottish.

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District in their match of 26 January 1889.[2] He was still classed a Cambridge University player for the match.

International career

He played twice for Scotland; both times in 1889.[3]

Administrative career

He was elected President of London Scottish in 1931.[4]

Family

His father was James Methuen (1830-1873); his mother Murdina Bell (1841-1908). He was one of their five children.

He married Eleanor Hoey Forde (1867 - 1937) in Kingston, Surrey in April 1891. They had four children. One of his sons Lionel Harry Methuen joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the First World War, won the Military Cross, and was awarded an O.B.E. in 1919.

References

  1. ↑ "Alfred Methuen". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18890126/084/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alfred Methuen - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  4. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19310511/256/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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