Basil Maclear
| Date of birth | 7 April 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Portsmouth England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basil Maclear (1881–1915) was an Irish rugby international. He won eleven caps between 1905 and 1907.
The son of a doctor from Bedford, he was later sent to Fermoy in County Cork by the British Army.
Like fellow international Ernest Deane, Maclear was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a captain with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at the Second Battle of Ypres. His remains were not recovered and his name is recorded on the Menin Gate memorial nearby.[2]
Career
He won his first cap against England on 11 February, 1905 in a game against Wales. He scored four tries and three conversions during his eleven international games for Ireland.
In the match against New Zealand on their 1905 tour, he was captain of Munster, who ended up losing 33-0.
See also
References
- Basil Maclear at Scrum.com
- IRFU Profile
- Photo of Basil Maclear at rugby-memorabilia.co.uk
- Report of the 1905 New Zealand tour at rugby-memorabilia.co.uk
- Jones, Stephen (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. ISBN 0 7472 7850 4.
Footnotes
- ^ He also played as a half-back? against England and Scotland in 1906.
- ^ Maclear, Basil, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 30 December 2008