# Arthur Michell

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Rugby_School)
| university     = [Oriel College, Oxford](/source/Oriel_College%2C_Oxford)
| relatives      = [Richard Michell](/source/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](/source/rugby_union) player.

==Biography==
Born in [Headington](/source/Headington), Michell was the sixth born child of reverend [Richard Michell](/source/Richard_Michell) and a brother of British duchess [Mary Caroline Blair](/source/Mary_Caroline_Blair) (wife of the [3rd Duke of Sutherland](/source/George_Sutherland-Leveson-Gower%2C_3rd_Duke_of_Sutherland)). He attended [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School) and [Oriel College, Oxford](/source/Oriel_College%2C_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](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) 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](/source/Sheriffhales).<ref>{{cite news |title=Personal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/19231130/091/0004 |work=[Shrewsbury Chronicle](/source/Shrewsbury_Chronicle) |date=30 November 1923}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of England national rugby union players](/source/List_of_England_national_rugby_union_players)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|355}}

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Category:1852 births
Category:1923 deaths
Category:English rugby union players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:19th-century English sportsmen
Category:20th-century English Anglican priests
Category:Oxford University RFC players
Category:Rugby union halfbacks
Category:Rugby union players from Oxford
Category:People educated at Rugby School
Category:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford

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