Saxon McEwan

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Matthew McEwan
Birth nameMatthew Clark McEwan
Date of birth(1865-10-05)5 October 1865
Place of birthAyr, Scotland
Date of death14 April 1899(1899-04-14) (aged 33)
Place of deathChicago, United States
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1885–89
1886–88		 East of Scotland District
Edinburgh District		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886–92 Scotland 15 (7)
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
1892 Home Nations Championship 1

Matthew McEwan (5 October 1865 – 14 April 1899) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]

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]

International career[]

He was capped fifteen times for Scotland between 1886 and 1892.[1][10]

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[]

  1. ^ a b c d Bath, p137
  2. ^ "Matthew Clark McEwan". ESPN scrum.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850202/078/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001964/18860130/038/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18870131/144/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18880213/263/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18890126/084/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  9. ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  10. ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Matthew McEwan – Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  11. ^ "England v Wales".
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)


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