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Basil Maclear (7 April 1881 – 24 May 1915) was an Irish rugby international. He played eleven games for Ireland between 1905 and 1907.


Personal life

Maclear was the grandson of Sir
Thomas Maclear Thomas Maclear (17 March 1794 – 14 July 1879) was an Ireland, Irish-born Cape Colony astronomer who became Her Majesty's astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope. Early life Born on 17 March 1794, in Newtownstewart, the eldest son of Rev. James ...
, Her Majesty's Astronomer in
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, South Africa, and one of five sons of a Bedford Doctor, Major Henry Wallich Maclear. He was later sent to
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in
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by the British Army. Like three of his brothers, Maclear was killed in action during
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, serving as a captain with the
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during the
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. His remains were not recovered and his name is recorded on the
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memorial nearby.Maclear, Basil
''Commonwealth War Graves Commission'', Retrieved 30 December 2008


Career

Maclear played his first international game on 11 February
1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
against
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, a game which
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won 17–3. He scored four tries and three conversions during his eleven international games for Ireland. In the match against
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on their 1905 tour, he was captain of Munster, which ended up losing 33–0. Maclear was one of 25 individuals inducted to the
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during ceremonies held at
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during the
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.


See also

* 1906 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final *
List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War This is a list of international rugby union players who died serving in armed forces during the First World War. Most of these came from the Commonwealth of Nations, British Commonwealth, but a number of France national rugby union team, Frenc ...


References


External links


The Rugby History Society
at rugby-memorabilia.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maclear, Basil 1881 births 1915 deaths Bedfordshire cricketers British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel killed in World War I English cricketers Ireland international rugby union players Irish rugby union players Monkstown Football Club players Munster Rugby players People educated at Bedford School Royal Dublin Fusiliers officers Rugby union players from Portsmouth World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees Rugby union centres