Name Charlie Mathers | ||
Charles Mathers (birth registered April→June 1860 — death unknown) birth registered in Hunslet, was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for British Isles, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bramley, as a Forward. Prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Bramley were a rugby union club.
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International honours
Charlie Mathers won cap(s) for British Isles while at Bramley on the 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia.
Change of code
When Bramley converted from the rugby union code to the Northern Union code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Charlie Mathers would have been approximately 36 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and Northern Union footballer for Bramley.
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