Charlie Mathers
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| Full name | Charles Mathers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | second ¼ 1860 Hunslet, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Mathers (second ¼ 1860[1] – death unknown) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s. He played at representative level for British Isles and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bramley, as a forward. Prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Bramley were a rugby union club.
Background[]
Charles Mathers' birth was registered in Hunslet, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Playing career[]
International honours[]
Charlie Mathers won cap(s) for British Isles while at Bramley on the 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia.[2]
Change of code[]
When Bramley converted from the rugby union code to the Northern Union code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Charlie Mathers would have been approximately 36 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and Northern Union footballer for Bramley.
References[]
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Statistics at lionsrugby.com". lionsrugby.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links[]
- Search for "Mathers" at espn.co.uk (1888 British Isles tourists statistics missing (31 December 2017))
- Statistics at lionsrugby.com
- Football – British Football Team’s Visit To New Zealand.
- The Return Of The English Team To Their Native Land
- Lions' tragic history uncovered
- Football. A team of British Rugby footballers visited the colonies in April
- 1860 births
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- English rugby union players
- Yorkshire County RFU players
- People from Hunslet
- Rugby union forwards
- Bramley RLFC players
- Rugby union players from Leeds