Edward Ewart Explained

Edward Ewart
Birth Name:Edward Neil Ewart
Birth Date:2 August 1860
Birth Place:Moffat, Scotland
Death Place:Roseburg, Oregon, United States
Ru Position:Forward
Amatteam1:Glasgow Academicals
Repteam1:Scotland
Repyears1:1879-80
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:(2 tries)
Province1:Glasgow District
Province2:Blues Trial
Province3:West of Scotland District
Provinceyears1:1877
Provinceyears2:1878
Provinceyears3:1879

Edwart Ewart (2 August 1860 – 26 April 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2] He left Scotland in 1884 to go the United States after his mother died in 1883. He joined his older brother who had set up a farm in Oregon.

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 1 December 1877.[3]

He played for Blues Trial in their match against Whites Trial on 16 February 1878. This trial match was to try and impress the Scotland international side selectors.[4]

He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 1 March 1879.[5]

International career

He was capped three times for Scotland between 1879 and 1880 spanning the 1879 Home Nations Championship and the 1880 Home Nations Championship.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edward Neil Ewart.
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007. British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  6. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Edward Ewart - Test matches.