Alfred Methuen

Alfred Methuen

Birth name	Alfred Methuen
Date of birth	(1868-02-15)15 February 1868
Place of birth	Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	5 March 1949(1949-03-05) (aged 81)
Place of death	Seaview, Isle of Wight, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Cambridge University () – London Scottish () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1889 East of Scotland District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1889 Scotland 2 (0)

Alfred Methuen (15 February 1868 – 5 March 1949) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Cambridge University and then London Scottish.

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District in their match of 26 January 1889. He was still classed a Cambridge University player for the match.

International career

He played twice for Scotland; both times in 1889.

Administrative career

He was elected President of London Scottish in 1931.

Family

His father was James Methuen (1830-1873); his mother Murdina Bell (1841-1908). He was one of their five children.

He married Eleanor Hoey Forde (1867 - 1937) in Kingston, Surrey in April 1891. They had four children. One of his sons Lionel Harry Methuen joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the First World War, won the Military Cross, and was awarded an O.B.E. in 1919.