John Payne (rugby union, born 1858)

John Payne

Personal information
Full name	John Henry Payne
Born	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 Rangers Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1882–85 England 7 0 1 0 1
Source: espnscrum.com

John Henry Payne (born 19 March 1858 in Broughton — died 4 January 1942(1942-01-04) (aged 83) in Victoria Park, Manchester) was an English rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Broughton Rangers, as a Half-back, e.g. Fly-half, or Scrum-half. Prior to 2 June 1896, Broughton Rangers was a rugby union club.

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

International honours

John Payne won caps for England while at Broughton Rangers 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.

Change of Code

When Broughton Rangers converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on 2 June 1896, John Payne would have been in his late thirties. Consequently, he may have been too old to have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Broughton Rangers.

External links

• Statistics at espnscrum.com
• Search for "Payne" at rugbyleagueproject.org