William Wyatt Pinching

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Nipper Pinching
Birth nameWilliam Wyatt Pinching
Date of birth24 March 1851
Place of birth Gravesend [1]
Date of death16 August 1878(1878-08-16) (aged 27)
Place of deathat sea SS Eldorado
School Charterhouse School
University Guy's Hospital Medical School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Guy's Hospital ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1872 England 1

William Wyatt "Nipper" Pinching (1851-1878) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1872. [1]

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Early life

Nipper Pinching was born on 24 March 1851 in Gravesend, [1] the third son of CJ Pinching. [2] He attended Charterhouse School [3] and went on to study medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School.

Rugby union career

Pinching made his international debut on 5 February 1872 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match. [1] This was the only match he played.

Later life

Pinching became a surgeon but his life and career were cut short when he was lost overboard from the SS Eldorado, one day's sail from Colombo, on 16 August 1878. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nipper Pinching Profile on scrum.com
  2. 1 2 The Medical times and gazette. A JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, LITERATURE, CRITICISM, AND NEWS, page 396, (Published 1878)
  3. Parish, W. D. (William Douglas), List of Carthusians, 1800-1879, (1879) (Publisher: Lewes : Farncombe and Co.)