Douglas Lambert
| Date of birth | 4 October 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 13 October 1915 (aged 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Eastbourne College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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 British Army
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| Unit | Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Battle of Loos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memorials | Loos Memorial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1905–1914 | Harlequins | () | |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1907–1911 |
 England
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7 | 46 |
Douglas "Daniel" Lambert (4 October 1883 – 13 October 1915) was an English rugby player for Harlequins, England, and the Barbarians. He won 7 caps for England between 1907 and 1911, notably scoring 5 tries on debut against France (not bettered until 1995), and 22 points in another match against France, which remained an England record until 1990. He was killed at the Battle of Loos during the First World War, while serving as a second lieutenant in The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
Douglas Lambert was born on 4 October 1883 in Cranbrook. He went to school at St Edward's in Oxford and then Eastbourne College.
Lambert, who was big, strong and fast, played for Harlequins A XV until he was selected to play wing for the first team in 1905. Being large, he joined as a forward.Adrian Stoop, who had been selected for Harlequins in 1901 while still at school at Rugby, was appointed club secretary in 1905 and was captain the following year. He brought about a transformation at the club, attracting exceptional back line players such as John Birkett, Ronnie Poulton, Herbert Sibree and Lambert: Harlequins became the leading club in England. It was Stoop who brought Lambert into the first team as a threequarter after Lambert had demonstrated his speed and strength by tackling Stoop in practice. After his first season with the first team, Lambert was invited on the Barbarians' Easter tour of Wales in 1906, but he was on the losing side in the three matches in which he played, against Penarth, Cardiff and Plymouth.
Lambert's debut for England was against France in January 1907. Selected to play on the wing only after the original choice had pulled out, Lambert scored five tries, a record for any nation, which stood until Marc Ellis scored six tries for New Zealand against Japan in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Lambert was subsequently dropped from the England team until the following year. In the meantime, he continued to play for Harlequins and was again invited to tour with the Barbarians, winning two of the three matches.
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