Rupert Williamson (rugby union) explained

Rupert Williamson
Full Name:Rupert Henry Williamson
Birth Date:22 November 1886
Birth Place:Transvaal, South Africa
Death Place:Sabie, Transvaal, South Africa
School:St. Andrew's College
University:Trinity College
Position:Scrum-half
Repyears1:1908–09
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:6

Rupert Henry Williamson (22 November 1886 – 16 March 1946) was an England rugby union international.

Williamson attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and went to Trinity College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar.[1] His halfback partner in schoolboy rugby, W. K. Flemmer, was another Rhodes Scholar, and the pair continued their association in varsity rugby, also touring together with the Barbarians. He played further club rugby for Blackheath and gained five England caps, scoring a try on debut against Wales at Bristol.[2]

Returning to South Africa in 1909, Williamson became a mine manager at the Glynn's Lydenburg gold mine.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: A South African "Nursey" . . 19 December 1929.
  2. News: Mr R. H. Williamson Of Oxford And South Africa . . 21 March 1909.
  3. News: International Dies In S. Africa . . 3 April 1946.