David Trail
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David Trail was a rugby union international who represented a forerunner of the British and Irish Lions
, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904
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. He went on to study medicine and became a doctor practicing at Guy's Hospital
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, a school that had already produced a number of international players. He went on to play for the powerful Guy's Hospital Football Club. He made his international debut on Jul 2, 1904 at Sydney
in the Australia
vs Anglo-Welsh
match.
Of the 4 matches he played he was on the winning side on 3 occasions.
He played his final match for Anglo-Welsh on Aug 13, 1904 at Wellington
in the New Zealand vs Anglo-Welsh
match.
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904
1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
The 1904 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was the sixth tour by a British Isles team and the fourth to New Zealand and Australia...
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Early life
David Trail was born on October 17, 1875 in Munrorie. He attended Dulwich CollegeDulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
. He went on to study medicine and became a doctor practicing at Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is a large NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in south east London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. It is a large teaching hospital and is home to the King's College London School of Medicine...
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Rugby union career
Trail learnt his rugby at Dulwich CollegeDulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
, a school that had already produced a number of international players. He went on to play for the powerful Guy's Hospital Football Club. He made his international debut on Jul 2, 1904 at Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in the Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
vs Anglo-Welsh
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
match.
Of the 4 matches he played he was on the winning side on 3 occasions.
He played his final match for Anglo-Welsh on Aug 13, 1904 at Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
in the New Zealand vs Anglo-Welsh
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
match.