Arthur Payne | |
Full Name: | Arthur Thomas Payne |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1907 |
Birth Place: | Bristol, England |
Death Place: | Bristol, England |
Position: | Back-row |
Repyears1: | 1935 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Arthur Thomas Payne (11 November 1907 – 6 June 1968) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Bristol, Payne was a back-row forward, produced by hometown club Dings Crusaders.[2]
Payne was playing for Bristol when he gained an England call up for the 1935 Home Nations Championship, taking the place of Dudley Kemp at number eight.[3] He won two caps, forming a back-row with Gordon Cridlan and Bill Weston, for matches against Ireland at Twickenham and Scotland at Murrayfield.[4]