# Aubone Surtees > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aubone_Surtees > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aubone_Surtees.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubone_Surtees > Source revision: 1340344945 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British Isles international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Aubone Surtees | birth_name = {{nowrap|Aubone Alfred Surtees}} | birth_date = 2 October 1865 | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1923|11|22|1865|10|2}} | birth_place = [Kensington](/source/Kensington), England | death_place = [Kensington](/source/Kensington), England | height = | weight = | ru_currentteam = | ru_currentposition = | position = [Forward](/source/Rugby_union_positions) | ru_clubupdate = | clubs1 = {{nowrap|[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.](/source/Cambridge_University_R.U.F.C.)}} | clubs2 = [Harlequin F.C.](/source/Harlequin_F.C.) | clubs3 = [Barbarian F.C.](/source/Barbarian_F.C.) | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | province1 = | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = | repyears1 = 1891 | repteam1 = [British Isles XV](/source/British_%26_Irish_Lions) | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | occupation = Solicitor | school = [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School) | university = [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) }} '''Aubone Alfred Surtees''' (2 October 1865 – 22 November 1923)[http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/997.html Aubone Surtees player profile] Scrum.com was an [English](/source/England) [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) forward who played international rugby for the [British Isles XV](/source/British_%26_Irish_Lions) that toured [South Africa in 1891](/source/1891_British_Lions_tour_to_South_Africa). ==Personal life== Surtees was born in [Kensington](/source/Kensington), London in 1865 to Alfred Wright Surtees of [County Durham](/source/County_Durham). He was educated at [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School) before being accepted into [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1884.{{acad|id=SRTS884AA|name=Surtees, Aubone}} He graduated in 1887 and by 1891 was admitted into the legal profession, practising at Bond Court in [Walbrook](/source/Walbrook). He married Jeanetta Smith in 1892, and they had at least two children, Bessy and Aubone.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42624 Low Dinsdale] british-history.ac.uk In 1914, following the death of his cousin, John Ralph Surtees, he inherited the manor of [Dinsdale Park](/source/Dinsdale_Park), though he sold most of the estate fairly soon after acquiring it. Surtees enlisted into the [British Army](/source/British_Army) on the outbreak of the [First World War](/source/World_War_I), and served his country from 1914 through to 1919. Surtees reached the rank of [Captain](/source/Captain_(land)) assigned to the [Northumberland Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers) and was also on the [General List](/source/General_Service_Corps) where he was assigned to duties connected to the newly formed [Army Canteen Committee](/source/Navy%2C_Army_and_Air_Force_Institutes). In 1921, his daughter Bessy married [Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort](/source/Standish_Vereker%2C_7th_Viscount_Gort).[http://thepeerage.com/p24101.htm#i241003 Person Page - 24101] The Peerage.com ==Rugby career== Surtees was educated at Rugby School, the home of rugby union, and on entering Cambridge, he joined the [University team](/source/Cambridge_University_R.U.F.C.). He won a sporting 'Blue' in 1886 when he took part in [The Varsity Match](/source/The_Varsity_Match). After leaving Cambridge, he joined London based club [Harlequin F.C.](/source/Harlequin_F.C.), and by 1890 was invited to join the newly formed touring club, [the Barbarians](/source/Barbarian_F.C.), becoming one of its original members.Starmer-Smith, Nigel ''The Barbarians''; Futura Publications Ltd. (1977) pg.231 {{ISBN|0-86007-552-4}} In 1891 Surtees was invited to join the first official British Isles team in their tour of South Africa. The tour took in 20 games and three international Tests against the [South African team](/source/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team). Surtees played in fourteen matches of the tour, including all three Tests.[http://www.lionsrugby.com/6012.php?player=74296&includeref=dynamic Aubone Surtees Lions profile] lionsrugby.com ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==References== * {{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=John|title=The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records |year=1987 |publisher=Phoenix House |location=London |isbn=0-460-07003-7}} {{British and Irish Lions 1891}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Surtees, Aubone}} Category:1865 births Category:1923 deaths Category:Rugby union players from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Category:English rugby union players Category:Rugby union forwards Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England Category:Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players Category:Barbarian F.C. players Category:Harlequin F.C. players Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category:People educated at Rugby School Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers Category:British solicitors Category:People from Kensington --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aubone Surtees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubone_Surtees) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubone_Surtees?action=history)). 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