James Morgan (rugby union)
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Full nameJames Rydiard Morgan
Born1889 or 1890
Cockermouth, England
Died29 April 1961 (aged 61)
Hawick, Scotland
Position
Hooker
| Full name | James Rydiard Morgan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1889 or 1890 Cockermouth, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 April 1961 (aged 61) Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
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James Rydiard Morgan was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Cockermouth, Morgan was a Cumberland representative forward and gained his solitary England cap via Scottish rugby, having been captaining Hawick RFC.[1] He played as a hooker for England against Wales at Swansea during the 1920 Five Nations, a match in which they were soundly beaten.[2]
Morgan worked as director of a wool merchant firm in Hawick.[3]