Ernest Rowland
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| Born | Ernest Melville Rowlands 21 September 1864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 7 April 1940 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Wales, Lampeter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Melville Rowlands (21 September 1864 – 7 April 1940) was a Welsh international rugby union player who played rugby for St David's College, Lampeter, and international rugby for Wales.
Rowland was born in Neath, 1864 to Evan Rowland and Jane Morris. After graduating from St David's College, Lampeter, Rowland emigrated to Canada. He was ordained Deacon of the Mission at Clarendon with Palmerston in the Diocese of Ontario in 1894.[1] He married Hannah Lillian Gilbert on 18 June 1896.[2]
