Andrew Clinch

Andrew Clinch
Full name Andrew Daniel Clinch
Date of birth 28 November 1867
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Date of death 1 February 1937
Place of death Dublin, Ireland
School Belvedere College
University Dublin University
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Forward
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Dublin University
Wanderers
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1892-1897
1896
Ireland
British Lions
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Andrew Daniel Clinch (28 November 1867 - 1 February 1937),[1] was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British Isles.

Biography

Educated at Belvedere College S.J. Andrew Clinch represented Leinster and Ireland in a distinguished playing career and later became president of the Irish Rugby Football Union. He was a member of the squad on the 1896 British Lions tour to South Africa.

His son, also named Andrew, also attended Belvedere College S.J. and was killed in the Second World War.

References

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