John Payne (rugby)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Henry Payne | |||||
| Born | 19 March 1858 Broughton, England | |||||
| Died | 4 January 1942 (aged 83) Victoria Park, Manchester, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Half-back | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1882–≥85 | Broughton Rangers | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1882–85 | England | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Source: espnscrum.com | ||||||
John Henry Payne (19 March 1858 — 4 January 1942 (aged 83)) born in Broughton, was an English rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Broughton Rangers, as a Half-back, e.g. Fly-half, or Scrum-half, he died in Victoria Park, Manchester. Prior to 2 June 1896, Broughton Rangers was a rugby union club.
Payne also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in the 1880 season and for Lancashire in 1883.[1]
International honours
John Payne won caps for England while at Broughton Rangers in the 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches against Scotland, in the 1883 Home Nations Championship against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, in the 1884 Home Nations Championship against Ireland, and in the 1885 Home Nations Championship against Wales, and Ireland.[2]
Change of Code
When Broughton Rangers converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on 2 June 1896, John Payne would have been in his late thirties. Consequently, he may have been too old to have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Broughton Rangers.
References
- ↑ "Player Profile: John Payne". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.