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Fred Gardiner
Full nameFrederick Gardiner
Date of birth(1874-05-31)31 May 1874
Place of birthKeady, County Armagh
Date of death7 June 1921(1921-06-07) (aged 47)
Place of deathBelfast
SchoolLurgan College
Occupation(s)Linen merchant
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1900–09 Ireland22 (15)

Frederick Gardiner (31 May 1874 — 7 June 1921) was an Irish rugby union international.[1]

Gardiner was born in County Armagh and attended Lurgan College.[2]

A linen merchant, Gardiner picked up work in Belfast after college and played for the city's North of Ireland club, from where he achieved his first Ireland selection in 1900. A versatile player, he was a back in matches for Ulster, but made most of his Ireland appearances as a forward. He was capped 22 times for Ireland and captained the team during the Home Nations in 1909, which would be his final year of international rugby.[3]

Gardiner, later a referee, officiated the 1912 Five Nations match between England and Scotland, then became Test rugby's first substitute referee when he came on for the second half of that year's Springboks match against Ireland.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Death Of Fred Gardiner". Sport (Dublin). 11 June 1921.
  • ^ "Irish Rugby International's Death". Gloucester Citizen. 9 June 1921.
  • ^ Allen, Nicholas. "Gardiner, Frederick Thomas". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
  • ^ "Who Was The First Substitute Referee?". World Rugby Museum. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022.
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