Charles Clark

Charles Clark (1857–1943) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1875. Making his debut at just 19 years old, he scored the first international try in Ireland.

Early life

Charles William Henry Clark was born on March 19, 1857, He was the oldest of at least eight children of Charles (born 1832) and Henrietta (nee Taylor) (born 1833). His mother was from Birmingham whilst his father, a Spice and Seed Merchant, had been born in Antigua. Charles senior, son of Mary and William Clark, had arrived in England at some before 1841 and at that time was living in Liverpool with his British Antiguan mother Mary and helped England on their way to victory.

Career and later life Charles William Henry Clark continued his father's business and became a Rice and Spice Miller based in Lancashire. He married Jean Cowan Taylor (1862 - 1940) in 1890 and they had two children, Doris (born 1893 who would become a Justice of the Peace) and Eric born 1898. He died on 17 October 1943 in Thornhill, Aughton near Ormskirk.