Brabazon Newcomen Casement
Irish born Australian physician, botanical collector and rugby player
About Brabazon Newcomen Casement
Lived 1852 – 1910 (aged 57). Brabazon Newcomen Casement was a rugby union player, physician and botanical collector.
Brabazon Newcomen Casement (19 August 1852 — 24 February 1910) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Casement attended the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College Dublin.
Casement had seven seasons of rugby with Dublin University, which he captained, and was capped three times for Ireland, including their first ever international in 1875 against England at The Oval.
After getting his medical degree, Casement practised in County Antrim until 1882, when he moved to New South Wales and took over a practice in Kempsey. He also worked as a surgeon at Macleay District Hospital.
Casement died of injuries sustained in an accident involving a horse drawn coach in 1910.
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Irish born Australian physician, botanical collector and rugby player (1852-1910)
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Brabazon Newcomen Casement was born on 19 August 1852.
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Brabazon Newcomen Casement died on 24 February 1910.
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Brabazon Newcomen Casement was a rugby union player, physician and botanical collector.
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