Lieutenant Charles Arthur Crompton RE, was a rugby union international who played for England in the first rugby international against Scotland in 1871. His Irish birth made him also the first Irish-born player to play in a rugby international and he was additionally, along with Lieutenant Charles Sherrard RE, the first member of the armed forces to represent their national side.
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21 October 1848 Cork, Ireland
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Died |
6 July 1875 (aged 26) Bengal
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Zodiac | Libra |
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