Frank Wright (rugby union)
| Full name | Frank Thurlow Wright | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 July 1862 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leigh, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 April 1934 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Marseille, France | ||||||||||||||||
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Frank Thurlow Wright (2 July 1862 – 30 April 1934) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Leigh, Lancashire, Wright was the son of Caleb Wright, who served as the inaugural member of parliament for the Leigh constituency. His nephew, Peter Eckersley, also became an MP.[1]
Wright played rugby for Edinburgh Academical and attained his only England cap in Edinburgh, playing in a drawn Calcutta Cup match against Scotland. He also played some rugby for Manchester and was a Lancashire representative.[2]
After a period as a solicitor in Leigh, Wright was resident manager of a tea and rubber estate in Ceylon. He was returning home to England when he died en route in Marseille in 1934.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "First Leight M.P.'s Son". Manchester Evening News. 5 September 1934.
- ^ "Football". South Wales Daily News. 22 March 1881.
- ^ "Untitled". The Guardian. 5 May 1934. p. 15.
External links
[edit]- Frank Wright at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1862 births
- 1934 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester
- Manchester Rugby Club players
- Lancashire County RFU players
- British expatriates in British Ceylon