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Thomas Batson

English rugby union player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ7787474 ↗
Source-derived summary

Thomas Batson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1875.

Early life

Thomas Batson was born on 1846 in Ross.

Rugby union career

Batson made his international debut on 5 February 1872 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match.

Of the three matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on three occasions.

He played his final match for England on 15 February 1875 at The Oval in the England vs Ireland match.

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The public source identifies “Thomas Batson” as english rugby union player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Thomas, Batson and English.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1872, 1875, 1846—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1846-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Thomas, Batson and English providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7787474. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1872, 1875 and 1846.

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This entry incorporates text from “Thomas Batson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.