Rugby player
| Birth name | Hugh Nethersole Fletcher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1877-04-27)27 April 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Norwich, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 January 1962(1962-01-29) (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Norwich, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Fletcher (27 April 1877 – 29 January 1962) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played rugby union for Edinburgh University.
He later played for Norwich RFC.
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1904 inter-city match at Hamilton Crescent.
He played for Cities District against Provinces District in their match on 14 January 1905.
International career
He was capped for Scotland 2 times in the period 1904 to 1905.
Football career
He played for Norwich CEYMS F.C. and then captained Norwich City. He played at centre-half. He played in Norwich rugby club against Norwich Union Fire Office in an association football match in 1905.
Cricket career
He played cricket for the British Medical Association.
Medical career
He became a surgeon at Sussex County Hospital.
Family
He was the second son of Benjamin Edgington Fletcher (1836-1911) of Marlingford Hall, Norfolk.
He married Dorothy Alice Sanderson in 1912.
Death
He died on 29 January 1962.
References
- "Hugh Nethersole Fletcher". ESPN scrum.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001724/19050419/059/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Hugh Fletcher - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001925/19130802/092/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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