Hamilton Moore (rugby union)

Hamilton Moore
Date of birth(1856-06-12)12 June 1856
Place of birthConnor, County Antrim, Ireland
Date of death16 August 1927(1927-08-16) (aged 71)
Place of deathNewmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1875–77 Ireland 2 (0)

Hamilton Moore (12 June 1856 — 16 August 1927) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Connor, County Antrim, Moore was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's College Belfast and Assembly's College, the latter a theological college.[1] He was capped twice as a fullback for Ireland during his tertiary studies, playing against England in 1875 and Scotland in 1877.[2]

Moore was a Presbyterian minister in Glenwherry for much of the 1880s, the moved to Ayrshire and having been ordained by the Church of Scotland General Assembly was appointed minister of Loudoun Parish.[3]

  1. ^ "Former Ulster Minister". Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 27 August 1927.
  2. ^ "Athlete Minister's Death". Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser. 27 August 1927.
  3. ^ "Death of Rev. Hamilton Moore". Belfast News-Letter. 19 August 1927.