Hyram Marks

Hyram Marks
Full name Hyram A. Marks[1]
Date of birth 8 June 1872(1872-06-08)[1]
Place of birth Sydney, NSW [1]
Date of death circa 1957[1]
School Sydney Grammar School
University University of Sydney
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position lock[1]
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Sydney University
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1899[1] Australia 2[1] (0)[1]

Hyram A. Marks (8 June 1872 – c. 1957) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Marks, a lock, was born in Sydney, NSW and attended Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. He claimed two international rugby caps for Australia and was the University rugby club's first Wallaby representative. [2]His Test debut was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side.

Due to funding constraints he was one of only six New South Wales players (Charlie Ellis, Bob McCowan, Lonnie Spragg, Peter Ward & Robert Challoner) selected to make the trip to Brisbane four weeks later for the second Test.[3] His performance in that match was noted as excellent by the press.[4]

Sources

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Scrum.com player profile of Hyram Marks". Scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1361.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Spirit of Rugby p80, preface to Ch5
  3. ^ Howell p19
  4. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.". Queanbeyan Age: p. 2. 26 July 1899. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31369426. Retrieved 8 August 2010.