Saxon McEwan

Saxon McEwan

Birth name	Matthew Clark McEwan
Date of birth	(1865-10-05)5 October 1865
Place of birth	Ayr, Scotland
Date of death	14 April 1899(1899-04-14) (aged 33)
Place of death	Chicago, United States
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Edinburgh Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1885–89 East of Scotland District () 1886–88 Edinburgh District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1886–92 Scotland 15 (7) Refereeing career Years Competition Apps 1892 Home Nations Championship 1

Matthew Clark McEwan (5 October 1865 – 14 April 1899), known as Saxon McEwan, was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

McEwan played for Edinburgh Academicals.[1] He earned the nickname 'Saxon'.

Provincial career

McEwan played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 31 January 1885.[3] He again played for East of Scotland District in the 1886 fixture,[4] the 1887 fixture,[5] and the 1888 fixture.[6] He captained the East side in the 1889 match.[7]

McEwan played for Edinburgh District in the 1886 inter-city fixture against Glasgow District,[8] the 1887 fixture and the 1888 fixture.[9]

International career

McEwan was capped fifteen times for Scotland between 1886 and 1892.[1][10]

Refereeing career

McEwan refereed one international match in the Home Nations Championship; the 1892 match between England and Wales. Remarkably he was a still a Scotland international player at this point, and he later played for Scotland in that season's championship.[11]

Family

He was born to Thomas McEwan (1834-1895) and Agnes Clark (1840-1914). He was the brother of Bill McEwan who was also capped for Scotland.[1]

References

1. Bath, p137
2. "Matthew Clark McEwan". ESPN scrum.
3. "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Register". Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
9. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
10. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Matthew McEwan – Test matches". ESPN scrum.
11. "England v Wales".

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)