Thomas Hendry
Appearance
Birth name | Thomas Laurie Hendry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 December 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Blythswood, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | March 1939 (aged 72–73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Lewes, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Hendry (25 December 1866 - March 1939) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1893 Home Nations Championship and in the 1895 Home Nations Championship[1]
The son of Patrick Hendry and Elizabeth Haining Laurie, he grew up in the Cathcart area of Glasgow. He became a Cotton Yarn merchant.
He played as a forward for Clydesdale RFC and also represented Glasgow District. He played in December 1893 inter-city match against Edinburgh District which Glasgow won 14-0. He was also picked for a combined Glasgow & Edinburgh side to play the Rest of Scotland in an international trial match that year.[2]