John Payne (rugby)

John Payne

J. H. Payne sitting front row with ball
Personal information
Full name	John Henry Payne
Born	(1858-03-19)19 March 1858 Broughton, England
Died	4 January 1942(1942-01-04) (aged 83) Victoria Park, Manchester, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Half-back
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1882–≥85 Broughton RUFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1887–≥87 Lancashire ≥1 1882–85 England 7 0 1 0 1
Source: espnscrum.com

John Henry Payne (19 March 1858 – 4 January 1942) was an English rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for England, and Lancashire (captain), and at club level for Broughton RUFC, as a Half-back, e.g. Fly-half, or Scrum-half, he died in Victoria Park, Manchester.

Payne also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in the 1880 season and for Lancashire in 1883.

Payne was born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire (now in Greater Manchester), the son of John Brown Payne (1826–1887), also a cricketer and lawyer. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge.

John Payne won caps for England while at Broughton RUFC in the 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches against Scotland, in the 1883 Home Nations Championship against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, in the 1884 Home Nations Championship against Ireland, and in the 1885 Home Nations Championship against Wales, and Ireland.