{{Short description|England international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Arthur Michell | image = | caption = | full_name = Arthur Tompson Michell | birth_date = {{birth date|1852|09|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Headington, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1923|08|13|1852|09|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Headington, England | height = | weight = | occupation = Vicar | school = Rugby School | university = Oriel College, Oxford | relatives = Richard Michell (father) | position = Halfback | repyears1 = 1875 | repteam1 = {{nrut|England}} | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Arthur Tompson Michell''' (16 September 1852 – 13 August 1923) was an English international rugby union player.
==Biography== Born in Headington, Michell was the sixth born child of reverend Richard Michell and a brother of British duchess Mary Caroline Blair (wife of the 3rd Duke of Sutherland). He attended Rugby School and Oriel College, Oxford.<ref>{{cite news |title=County Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000252/19230818/122/0006 |work=Staffordshire Advertiser |date=18 August 1923}}</ref>
Michell was a varsity sportsman and won a University Sculls championship as an oarsman. He had the most success in rugby, with three blues and captaincy honours. In 1875, Michell gained three England caps playing halfback.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of the Rev. Arthur Michell |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000989/19230817/349/0024 |work=Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette |date=17 August 1923}}</ref>
Ordained in 1879, Michell held several curacies and later served three decades as vicar of Sheriffhales.<ref>{{cite news |title=Personal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/19231130/091/0004 |work=Shrewsbury Chronicle |date=30 November 1923}}</ref>
==See also== *List of England national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|355}}
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