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| Full name | Edward Knowles | |||||
| Born | April→June 1868 Waberthwaite, England |
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| Died | 29 June 1945 (aged 76–77) Skipton?, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Forwards | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1896–≥1897 | Millom | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1896–1897 | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
Edward Knowles (birth registered April→June 1868 in Waberthwaite[1] — died 29 June 1945 in Skipton?[2]) was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Millom,[3] playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row. Prior to the 1899/1900 season, Millom was a rugby union club.
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Edward Knowles won caps for England while at Millom in 1896 against Scotland, and in 1897 against Scotland.[4]
When Millom converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1899–1900 season, Edward Knowles would have been approximately 31 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Millom.
Edward Knowles' marriage to Elizabeth Hodgson was registered during January→March 1902 in Bootle district.[5]
If Edward Knowles' birth year (1868) and death date (29 June 1945) on ESPNscrum are correct, then he would have been 76 or 77 years old at the time of his death. However, FreeBMD quotes the age at the time of death of an Edward Knowles registered during July→September 1945 in Skipton district as being 81, though FreeBMD does quote the birth of an Edward Knowles registered during April→June 1868 in Bootle (Cumberland) district.