H.G.S. Gray
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H.G.S. Gray was a Scottish player on the 1899 British Isles tour to Australia
(often referred to as the England team). He was never capped for , but had appeared in the Scottish Trials.
In 1899, Gray was invited to represent the British Isles on the team's first official tour to Australia. After the tourists lost the First Test, captain Matthew Mullineux
made several team changes, and Alf Bucher
was replaced by Gray, a trialist who normally played as a forward. Despite a comprehensive win in the Second Test, Gray was dropped for the Third Test and Boucher was back on the wing.
He normally played as a forward, but went on the wing for his game against Australia.
Gray played for Coventry RFC in England.
1899 British Lions tour to Australia
The 1899 British Isles tour to Australia was the fourth rugby union tour by a British Isles team and the second to Australia; though the first tour in 1888 was a private venture, making the 1899 tour the first official undertaking of Australia...
(often referred to as the England team). He was never capped for , but had appeared in the Scottish Trials.
In 1899, Gray was invited to represent the British Isles on the team's first official tour to Australia. After the tourists lost the First Test, captain Matthew Mullineux
Matthew Mullineux
Matthew Mullineux MC was an English rugby union scrum-half who, although not capped for England, was selected for two British Lions tours. He gained one cap during the 1896 tour to South Africa and captained the 1899 tour of Australia...
made several team changes, and Alf Bucher
Alf Bucher
Alfred "Alf" Moore Bucher was a Scottish international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Edinburgh Academicals. Boucher played international rugby for Scotland and was selected for the British Isles team on its 1899 tour of Australia.-Personal history:Bucher was born in Leith, in 1874 to...
was replaced by Gray, a trialist who normally played as a forward. Despite a comprehensive win in the Second Test, Gray was dropped for the Third Test and Boucher was back on the wing.
He normally played as a forward, but went on the wing for his game against Australia.
Gray played for Coventry RFC in England.