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* ''Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life: A Study in Transformation'', MC Bradbrook (1974) |
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Revision as of 15:50, 10 April 2018
| Birth name | Wilfrid Malbon Lowry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 July 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Leys School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Malcolm Lowry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilfrid Malbon Lowry (/ˈlaʊri/; July 14, 1900, Wallasey– July 4, 1974, Heswall)[1][2] was a rugby union wing who played for Birkenhead Park FC and for England in 1920.
Personal life
Lowry was born on Sandrock Road, in Wallasey and grew up in New Brighton, Wirral, in north west England, and was the second son of Evelyn Boden and Arthur Lowry, a cotton broker with roots in Cumberland. He had three brothers, one of whom was the noted novelist Malcolm Lowry, who was author of Under the Volcano (1947).[2] Like his other three brothers, he was distant from his mother, and instead grew close to his nanny.[2]
Wilfrid was sent to Caldicott School,[2] and later to the The Leys School in Cambridge (the school made famous by the novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips) where all the brothers were educated.[3] In 1912, the family moved to Caldy on another part of the Wirral peninsula. Their home was mock Tudor estate on two acres with a tennis court, small golf course and a maid, a cook and a nanny.[2] On occasion, Wilfrid would look after his younger brothers.[4] Arthur Lowry was extremely keen on sport, and built the family their own gymnasium while at Caldy.[4] His brother Malcolm won a local golfing championship, but quit shortly afterwards, and Wilfrid was the only one of the brothers to achieve success in sport.[4]
Wilfrid's tastes in literature were conservative - Jeffery Farnol, Ian Hay, and G. A. Henty.[5] While these included adventure stories which would influence the older novelist Malcolm, it was their older brother Stuart who introduced Malcolm to more highbrow literature.[5]
Rugby career
Lowry played for Birkenhead Park FC.
Unusually, Lowry received his first cap without actually playing, and and was replaced by Harold Day (then representing the Army) just before kick-off. The selectors felt that the conditions would suit Day better and he scored and converted England's only try of the game.[6] Day said:
- [I was] fetched out of my seat in the stand to play for England against Wales. It poured with rain the whole match, and the ground was churned into a dreadful mess.
Day in fact scored England's only points in the match.
Lowry received another cap in the next game against France, and on this occasion, he actually took to the field.
References
- England Rugby, Barry Bowker (1978)
- Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry, G. Bowker (1993)
- Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life: A Study in Transformation, MC Bradbrook (1974)
- The Red & The White: A History of England vs Wales Rugby, Huw Richards (2010)
- ^ "Wilfrid Lowry". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Bowker, Gordon (1995). "Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry". Book. London: St Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-12748-0. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Bradbrook (1974), p29
- ^ a b c Bradbrook (1974), p25
- ^ a b Bradbrook (1974), p26
- ^ Bowker, Barry (1978). England Rugby. London: Cassell Ltd. p. 58. ISBN 0304302147.
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