Full name | Arthur Thomas Payne | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 November 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 6 June 1968 | (aged 60)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Thomas Payne (11 November 1907 – 6 June 1968) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Bristol, Payne was a back-row forward, produced by hometown club Dings Crusaders.[2]
Payne was playing for Bristol when he gained an England call up for the 1935 Home Nations Championship, taking the place of Dudley Kemp at number eight.[3] He won two caps, forming a back-row with Gordon Cridlan and Bill Weston, for matches against Ireland at Twickenham and Scotland at Murrayfield.[4]