Harry Boyes (rugby union)

South African rugby union player

For the 20th-century South African cricketer, see Harry Boyes (cricketer).

Rugby player

Harry Boyes

Birth name| Harry Churchill Boyes
Date of birth| (1868-03-12)12 March 1868
Place of birth| Cape Town
Date of death| 26 October 1892(1892-10-26) (aged 24)
Place of death| Kimberley, South Africa
School| Diocesan College[1] and St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown[2]
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Wing

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Provincial / State sides
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
|  Griqualand West|  |  ()

Correct as of 19 July 2010

International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1891|  South Africa|  2|  (0)

Correct as of 19 July 2010

Harry Churchill Boyes (12 March 1868 – 26 October 1892) was a South African international rugby union winger.[3]

## Biography

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Boyes was educated at Diocesan College and St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown[4][5] before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made two appearances for South Africa, both during Great Britain's 1891 tour. Boyes was selected to play in the 1st match of the series, which was South Africa's first as a Test nation, Great Britain won the game 4–0. He also played in the second Test, another Great Britain victory, but was not included in the side for the final match.[6] Boyes died the following year, in Kimberley, at the age of 24 when he fell off the switchback railway at the Kimberley Exhibition.[7]

### Test history

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No. | Opponents | Results(SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue

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1. |  British Isles | 0–4 | Wing |  | 30 Jul 1891 | Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth
2. |  British Isles | 0–3 | Wing |  | 29 Aug 1891 | Eclectic Cricket Ground, Kimberley

## See also

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* List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 4

## References

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1. ^ "List of Bishops Springboks". NextGenRugga. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
2. ^ "List of St Andrews College Springboks". NextGenRugga. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
3. ^ "Harry Churchill Boyes". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
4. ^ Poland 2008, p. 136.
5. ^ Laurie 1914, p. 72.
6. ^ "Harry Boyes". Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
7. ^ Dobson, Paul (1995). 30 Super Springboks (1st ed.). Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. p. 16\. ISBN 0-7981-3411-9. OCLC 37966584.

* Poland, Marguerite (2008). The Boy in You: A Biography of St. Andrew's College, 1855-2005. Fernwood Press. ISBN 978-1-874950-86-8.
* Laurie, K. W. J. (1914). Register of S. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, from 1855 to 1914. Grahamstown: Slater & Co.