Hugh Wright, (7 November 1875 – 24 December 1953) was a
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
international rugby football player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for
Watsonians
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, ...
.
Provincial career
Wright played for
Edinburgh District in the
1893
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
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* January 6 – Th ...
inter-city match.
He played for
Cities District in
1893
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
* Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson.
* January 6 – Th ...
.
He played for
East of Scotland District in
1894.
International career
He was capped once for
Scotland
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in 1894.
Coaching career
He coached Harrogate Old Boys; and was for a time, a coach at Ampleforth College.
Boxing career
He was a Scottish amateur boxing champion.
Rowing career
He was a keen rower, and was in the Portbello Amateur Rowing Club.
Family
He was born to Quintin Montgomery Wright (1826-1886), a solicitor, and Prudence Elizabeth Blake Giraud (1825-1919). Hugh was one of their nine children.
Hugh married Dora Jane Hutton (1885-1939) in Wetherby, Yorkshire in 1907.
Death
He died at Leeds General Infirmary. He is buried in St. Mary's churchyard in Boston Spa, Yorkshire.
References
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1875 births
1953 deaths
Watsonians RFC players
Scotland international rugby union players
Scottish rugby union players
Rugby union forwards
East of Scotland District players
Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
Cities District players