Hyram Marks

Hyram Marks

Birth name	Hyam A. Marks
Date of birth	(1872-06-08)8 June 1872
Place of birth	Sydney, NSW
Date of death	17 August 1957(1957-08-17) (aged 85)
School	Sydney Grammar School
University	University of Sydney
Rugby union career
Position(s) lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Sydney University () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1899 Australia 2 (0)

Hyram A. Marks (8 June 1872 – 17 August 1957) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Marks, a lock, was born in Sydney, NSW and attended Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. He claimed two international rugby caps for Australia and was the University rugby club's first Wallaby representative. His Test debut was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side.

Due to funding constraints he was one of only six New South Wales players (Charlie Ellis, Bob McCowan, Lonnie Spragg, Peter Ward & Robert Challoner) selected to make the trip to Brisbane four weeks later for the second Test. His performance in that match was noted as "excellent" by the press.

Marks appeared in the inaugural Australian rugby union team, 1899

Sources

• Collection (1995) Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
• Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ