Arthur William Devenish Meares, also known as Arthur William Devenish-Meares or "Newry" Meares (1874–1935)
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player who won four caps for

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and two for the

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. Meares was a part of the

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British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, where he appeared as full back in the third and fourth test matches. In 1899 he went on to make his Ireland debut, appearing this time as a forward against Scotland and Wales in what was a

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winning year for the Irish team. His final international game came against Wales in Belfast on 17 March

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

References

Sources

www.irishrugby.ie

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