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)
-
()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1877
1878
1879
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1879-80
3 (2 tries)

Edwart Ewart (2 August 1860 – 26 April 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 1 March 1879.[5]

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.[6]

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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