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Hugh Wright (rugby union)

Hugh Wright, (7 November 1875 – 24 December 1953) was a Scotland international rugby football player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians.

Provincial career

Wright played for Edinburgh District in the 1893 inter-city match.

He played for Cities District in 1893.

He played for East of Scotland District in 1894.

International career

He was capped once for Scotland in 1894.

Coaching career

He coached Harrogate Old Boys; and was for a time, a coach at Ampleforth College.

Boxing career

He was a Scottish amateur boxing champion.

Rowing career

He was a keen rower, and was in the Portbello Amateur Rowing Club.

Family

He was born to Quintin Montgomery Wright (1826-1886), a solicitor, and Prudence Elizabeth Blake Giraud (1825-1919). Hugh was one of their nine children.

Hugh married Dora Jane Hutton (1885-1939) in Wetherby, Yorkshire in 1907.

Death

He died at Leeds General Infirmary. He is buried in St. Mary's churchyard in Boston Spa, Yorkshire.

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