Clinker Birt

Clinker Birt
Full name Rowland Sidnam Walter Birt[1][2]
Date of birth (1890-08-09)9 August 1890[1]
Place of birth Glasgow [1]
Date of death 5 June 1948(1948-06-05) (aged 57)[2][3]
Occupation(s) firefighter[4] and oysterman[3]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position number eight[1]
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1914[1] Wallabies 1[1] (0)[1]

Rowland Sidnam Walter "Clinker" Birt (9 August 1890 5 June 1948) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Birt, a number eight, was born in Glasgow and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Scrum.com player profile of Clinker Birt". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010. His second name Sidnam is misspelled as Sidham. See the death record and genealogy reference for accurate spelling.
  2. 1 2 "Historical Death Records". The State of Queensland (Department of Justice and Attorney-General). p. 1948/B16889. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 Walters, Ian. "THE TOORBUL POINT ABORIGINAL FISH TRAP" (PDF). Queensland Archaeological Research, Vol 2 (1985). School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. pp. 44–5. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. "Gordon Family Tree". Retrieved 1 August 2010.



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