Rupert Williamson (rugby union)

Rupert Henry Williamson (22 November 1886 – 16 March 1946) was an England rugby union international.

Rupert Williamson

Full name	Rupert Henry Williamson
Date of birth	(1886-11-22)22 November 1886
Place of birth	Transvaal, South Africa
Date of death	16 March 1946(1946-03-16) (aged 59)
Place of death	Sabie, Transvaal, South Africa
School	St. Andrew's College
University	Trinity College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1908–09 England 5 (6)

Williamson attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and went to Trinity College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar.^[1] His halfback partner in schoolboy rugby, W. K. Flemmer, was another Rhodes Scholar, and the pair continued their association in varsity rugby, also touring together with the Barbarians. He played further club rugby for Blackheath and gained five England caps, scoring a try on debut against Wales at Bristol.^[2]

Returning to South Africa in 1909, Williamson became a mine manager at the Glynn's Lydenburg gold mine.^[3]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players