Saxon McEwan

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Saxon McEwan
Birth nameMatthew Clark McEwan
Date of birth(1865-10-05)5 October 1865
Place of birth Ayr, Scotland
Date of death14 April 1899(1899-04-14) (aged 33)
Place of death Chicago, United States
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1885–89 East of Scotland District ()
1886–88 Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1886–92 Scotland 15 (7)
Refereeing career
YearsCompetitionApps
1892 Home Nations Championship 1

Matthew Clark McEwan (5 October 1865 – 14 April 1899), known as Saxon McEwan, was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] [2]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

McEwan played for Edinburgh Academicals. [1] He earned the nickname 'Saxon'.

Provincial career

McEwan played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 31 January 1885. [3] He again played for East of Scotland District in the 1886 fixture, [4] the 1887 fixture, [5] and the 1888 fixture. [6] He captained the East side in the 1889 match. [7]

McEwan played for Edinburgh District in the 1886 inter-city fixture against Glasgow District, [8] the 1887 fixture and the 1888 fixture. [9]

International career

McEwan was capped fifteen times for Scotland between 1886 and 1892. [1] [10]

Refereeing career

McEwan refereed one international match in the Home Nations Championship; the 1892 match between England and Wales. Remarkably he was a still a Scotland international player at this point, and he later played for Scotland in that season's championship. [11]

Family

He was born to Thomas McEwan (1834-1895) and Agnes Clark (1840-1914). He was the brother of Bill McEwan who was also capped for Scotland. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p137
  2. "Matthew Clark McEwan". ESPN scrum.
  3. "Register" . Retrieved 14 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Register" . Retrieved 14 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Register" . Retrieved 14 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Register" . Retrieved 14 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Register" . Retrieved 14 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  9. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  10. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Matthew McEwan – Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  11. "England v Wales".
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)