| Full name | Frank Ernest Pease | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 January 1864 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Darlington, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 June 1957 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | West Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Frank Ernest Pease (17 January 1864 – 27 June 1957) was an English international rugby union player.
Pease has been credited as being the first Hartlepool Rovers player to be capped for England, although at the time of his international call up he appears to have been attached to Darlington, only joining the Rovers in the weeks after.[1][2] He won his solitary cap as a forward against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1887.[3]
- ^ "Previous Memorable Celebrations". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 27 April 1929.
- ^ "Athletic Notes". Newcastle Chronicle. 19 February 1887. p. 4.
- ^ "Rugby stronghold of N.E." Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 14 May 1977.