Charlie Adamson
| Full name | Charles Young Adamson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 April 1875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 September 1918 (aged 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Salonika, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Durham School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Lewis Vaughan Lodge, brother-in-law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Half-backs | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1899 | British Isles | 4 | (17) |
Charles "Charlie" Young Adamson (18 April 1875 – 17 September 1918) was an English international rugby union utility back who played club rugby for Durham. Adamson played international rugby for the British Isles team on its 1899 tour of Australia. Adamson was also a gentleman cricketer, playing mainly for Durham City. After the 1899 rugby tour, he remained in Brisbane playing for the Valley District Cricket Club and turned out for a single cricket match for Queensland, as well as playing in Durham's first Minor Counties Championship match in 1895. He played for Durham until 1914.
Adamson was born in Neville's Cross, County Durham in 1875 to John Adamson of Little Grant, Wisconsin. The Adamson family were strongly connected to cricket, with John representing Durham, and Adamson's sons, Charles Lodge Adamson and John Alfred Adamson playing in the minor counties. Adamson was brother-in-law to Lewis Vaughan Lodge, who played international football for England. Adamson set up in business, and ran a hotel in partnership with William Henry Wood and John Adamson, but the business was dissolved on 18 October 1917.
During the First World War, Adamson was a captain (Quartermaster) in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He died in Salonika in Greece in 1918. He is buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery in Thessaloniki regional unit.
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