Charles Sample
| Full name | Charles Hubert Sample | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 November 1862 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Castle Ward, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 June 1938 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Corbridge, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles Hubert Sample (22 November 1862 – 2 June 1938) was an English international rugby union player.
Sample was born in Castle Ward and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[1]
A fullback, Sample was described by the Football Annual as a player who was "good at extracting his side from a dilemma", possessing good drop kicking and tackling abilities.[2] He was a Cambridge University blue, represented Northumberland, and was capped three times for England from 1884 to 1886.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary". Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette. 10 June 1938.
- ^ "Athletic Notes". The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. 17 October 1885.
- ^ "Oxford v. Cambridge (R)". Cambridge Weekly News. 13 December 1884.
- ^ "Northumberland v. Cheshire". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 28 January 1884.
External links
[edit]- Charles Sample at ESPNscrum