Charlie Mathers

Charlie Mathers
Personal information
Full name Charles Mathers
Born April→June 1860
Hunslet, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Forward

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1888–≥88 Bramley
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Yorkshire ≥14
1888 British Isles 25 7

Charles Mathers (birth registered April→June 1860[1] — death unknown) birth registered in Hunslet, was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for British Isles, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bramley, as a Forward. Prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Bramley were a rugby union club.

Playing career

International honours

Charlie Mathers won cap(s) for British Isles while at Bramley on the 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia.[2]

Change of code

When Bramley converted from the rugby union code to the Northern Union code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Charlie Mathers would have been approximately 36 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and Northern Union footballer for Bramley.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at lionsrugby.com". lionsrugby.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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