Hamilton Moore (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 12 June 1856 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Connor, County Antrim, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 August 1927 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
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Hamilton Moore (12 June 1856 — 16 August 1927) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Connor, County Antrim, Moore was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's College Belfast and Assembly's College, the latter a theological college.[1] He was capped twice as a fullback for Ireland during his tertiary studies, playing against England in 1875 and Scotland in 1877.[2]
Moore was a Presbyterian minister in Glenwherry for much of the 1880s, the moved to Ayrshire and having been ordained by the Church of Scotland General Assembly was appointed minister of Loudoun Parish.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Former Ulster Minister". Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 27 August 1927.
- ^ "Athlete Minister's Death". Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser. 27 August 1927.
- ^ "Death of Rev. Hamilton Moore". Belfast News-Letter. 19 August 1927.
External links
[edit]- Hamilton Moore at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1856 births
- 1927 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from County Antrim
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Presbyterian ministers from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland
- People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast