John Thomas Hinton was an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n-born international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club

Cardiff RFC

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 and international rugby for Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

. He was an agent for the Royal Liver Assurance Company

Royal Liver Friendly Society

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Rugby career

Hinton was chosen for just a single international cap, which was awarded in the final game of the 1884 Home Nations Championship

1884 Home Nations Championship

The 1884 Home Nations Championship was the second series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 12 April 1884...

 in a game against Ireland. Hinton was brought in as a replacement for George Lockwood Morris

George Lockwood Morris

Sir George Lockwood Morris, 8th Baronet was a Welsh industrialist and iron founder. As a youth he was also notable as an international rugby union forward who won five caps for Wales...

 and was one of three new players brought into the pack; the others being Llanelli's

Llanelli RFC

Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...

 Buckley Roderick

Buckley Roderick

William Buckley Roderick was a Welsh solicitor, international rugby union forward and later a Vice-Consular for Spain...

 and Samuel Goldsworthy

Samuel Goldsworthy

Samuel James Goldsworthy was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club...

 of Swansea

Swansea RFC

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. Wales won the match by a drop-goal and two tries

Try

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 to nil; but despite the win Hinton was not reselected for the following tournament

1885 Home Nations Championship

The 1885 Home Nations Championship was the third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Four matches were played between 3 January and 21 February 1885. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales...

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