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[ 0 => '{{Use British English}}', 1 => '{{Use dmy dates}}', 2 => '{{Infobox rugby biography', 3 => '| name = Wilfrid Lowry', 4 => '| image =', 5 => '| birth_name = Wilfrid Malbon Lowry', 6 => '| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1900|07|14|}}', 7 => '| birth_place = ', 8 => '| height = ', 9 => '| weight = ', 10 => '| nickname = ', 11 => '| occupation = ', 12 => '| school = The Leys School', 13 => '| university = ', 14 => '| spouse = ', 15 => '| children = ', 16 => '| relatives = [[Malcolm Lowry]]', 17 => '| ru_currentposition = ', 18 => '| ru_currentteam =', 19 => '| ru_position = Wing', 20 => '| ru_amateuryears = ', 21 => '| ru_amateurclubs = [[Birkenhead Park FC]]<br />', 22 => '| ru_clubyears = ', 23 => '| ru_proclubs = ', 24 => '| ru_clubcaps = 2', 25 => '| ru_clubpoints = ', 26 => '| ru_nationalyears = <br /><br />1920', 27 => '| ru_nationalteam = {{Ru|ENG}} ', 28 => '| ru_nationalcaps = 2', 29 => '| ru_nationalpoints = <br /><br />(0)', 30 => '| ru_sevensnationalyears = ', 31 => '| ru_sevensnationalteam = ', 32 => '| ru_sevensnationalcomp = ', 33 => '| website = ', 34 => '}}', 35 => false, 36 => ''''Wilfrid Malbon Lowry''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|aʊ|r|i}}; July 14, 1900, [[Wallasey]]– July 4, 1974, [[Heswall]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/2616.html|title=Wilfrid Lowry|publisher=ESPNscrum|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/pursued.htm|title=Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry|last=Bowker|first=Gordon|year=1995|work=Book|publisher=St Martin's Press|location=London|ISBN=978-0-312-12748-0|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> was a [[rugby union]] wing who played for [[Birkenhead Park FC]] and for [[England national rugby union team|England]] in 1920.', 37 => false, 38 => '==Personal life==', 39 => 'Lowry was born on Sandrock Road, in [[Wallasey]] and grew up in [[New Brighton, Merseyside|New Brighton]], [[Wirral Peninsula|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).<ref name="Washington Post"/> Like his other three brothers, he was distant from his mother, and instead grew close to his nanny.<ref name="Washington Post"/>', 40 => false, 41 => 'Wilfrid was sent to [[Caldicott School]],<ref name="Washington Post"/> 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.<ref name=Brad29>Bradbrook (1974), p29</ref> In 1912, the family moved to [[Caldy]] on another part of the [[Wirral peninsula]]. Their home was [[Tudor Revival architecture|mock Tudor]] estate on two acres with a tennis court, small golf course and a maid, a cook and a nanny.<ref name="Washington Post" /> On occasion, Wilfrid would look after his younger brothers.<ref name=Brad25>Bradbrook (1974), p25</ref> Arthur Lowry was extremely keen on sport, and built the family their own gymnasium while at Caldy.<ref name=Brad25/> 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.<ref name=Brad25/>', 42 => false, 43 => 'Wilfrid's tastes in literature were conservative - [[Jeffery Farnol]], [[John Hay Beith|Ian Hay]], and [[G. A. Henty]].<ref name=Brad26>Bradbrook (1974), p26</ref> 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.<ref name=Brad26/>', 44 => false, 45 => '==Rugby career==', 46 => 'Lowry played for [[Birkenhead Park FC]].', 47 => false, 48 => 'Unusually, Lowry received his first cap without actually playing. He was replaced by [[Harold Day (sportsman)|Harold Day]] who said:', 49 => false, 50 => ':''[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.''', 51 => false, 52 => 'Day in fact scored England's only points in the match.', 53 => false, 54 => 'Lowry received another cap in the next game against France, and on this occasion, he actually took to the field.', 55 => false, 56 => '==References==', 57 => '* ''Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry'', G. Bowker (1993)', 58 => '* ''Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life: A Study in Transformation'', MC Bradbrook (1974)', 59 => '* ''The Red & The White: A History of England vs Wales Rugby'', Huw Richards (2010)', 60 => false, 61 => '{{reflist}}', 62 => false, 63 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowry, Wilfrid}}', 64 => '[[Category:English rugby union players]]', 65 => '[[Category:England international rugby union players]]', 66 => '[[Category:Rugby union wings]]', 67 => '[[Category:1900 births]]', 68 => '[[Category:Birkenhead Park FC players]]', 69 => '[[Category:People educated at The Leys School]]', 70 => false, 71 => '{{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}' ]