Denys Dobson
| Full name | Denys Douglas Dobson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 October 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 July 1916 (aged 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Ngama, Nyasaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Civil servant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1902–1903 1904 |
England British Isles |
6 4 |
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Denys Douglas Dobson (28 October 1880 – 10 July 1916) was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford University and Newton Abbot. Dobson played international rugby for England and the British Isles team on its 1904 tour of Australia. Dobson was the first player from a British touring rugby team to be dismissed from the playing field, when he was sent off in a match against the Northern District in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Dobson first came to note as a rugby player when he was selected to represent Oxford University. He won three sporting Blues, all in rugby union, playing in The Varsity Match from 1899 through to 1901. While still playing for Oxford University, Dobson was selected to represent England at international level. Dobson played in two full Home Nations Championships, 1902 and 1903. His first match was a narrow loss to Wales, a game which saw all 8 English points coming from the forward positions, one try came from Dobson himself, scoring on his debut. Despite winning both games against Scotland and Ireland, England came second in the Championship to a Wales Triple Crown winning team. Before the end of the 1902/03 season, Dobson played for his third notable team when he was selected to play for invitational touring side the Barbarians.
In 1903 Dobson played his second and final Championship campaign when he was selected for all three games of the 1903 tournament. English selection was very fickle during this Championship, with Dobson being only one of five members of the team to play throughout the season. It was a terrible campaign for England, finishing bottom of the table after losing all three matches, made all the worse by the low scoring achieved by the team. Dobson scored two tries in the 1903 Campaign, one against Wales and one against Scotland, his six points were more than the rest of the team could muster between them over the three encounters. Dobson did not play for England again, but his three tries in six games remains a notable tally for a forward player.
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