{{Short description|Australia international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Austin Gralton | image = | birth_name = Austin Sarsfield Ireland Gralton<ref name="scrum" >{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1356.html|title=Scrum.com player profile of Austin Gralton|publisher=Scrum.com|accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="brave">{{cite web|url=http://www.braveandgame.com.au/Article.aspx?id=15 |title=Brave and Game player profile of Austin Gralton |publisher=Braveandgame.com |accessdate=13 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102342/http://www.braveandgame.com.au/Article.aspx?id=15 |archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|2|9|df=y}}<ref name="scrum" /> | birth_place = Kempsey, NSW<ref name="scrum" /> | death_date= {{death date and age|1919|7|1|1871|2|9|df=y}}<ref name="scrum" /> | height = | weight = | occupation = | school = {{nowrap|St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace}}<ref name="brave" /> | university = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | ru_currentposition = | ru_currentteam = | ru_position = scrum-half<ref name="scrum" /> | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | ru_provinceyears1 = | ru_province1 = | ru_provinceapps1 = | ru_provincepoints1 = | repyears1 = 1899–1903<ref name="scrum" /> | repteam1 = Australia | repcaps1 = 3<ref name="scrum" /> | reppoints1 = 0<ref name="scrum" /> | website = }} '''Austin Sarsfield Ireland "Grally" Gralton''' (9 February 1871 – 1 July 1919) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Gralton, a scrum-half, was born in Kempsey, New South Wales and claimed three international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain at Sydney, on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side. 250px|left|thumb|Gralton appeared in the inaugural Australian rugby union team, 1899 350px|right|thumb|Gralton shown middle 1st from left,<ref name="QldrQLDPhoto">{{cite news|title=The BattleStained Queensland Team AS Photographed Immediately After The Match.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22558322|accessdate=17 September 2010|newspaper=The Queenslander|date=8 July 1899|location=Brisbane, Australia|page=73 S|format=Photograph with caption.}}</ref> after the 1 July Queensland match against the 1899 British Lions.<ref name="QldrQLDPhotoArticle">{{cite news|title=International Football.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22558323|accessdate=17 September 2010|newspaper=The Queenslander|date=8 July 1899|location=Brisbane, Australia|page=73 S}}</ref>
==Published references== * Collection (1995) ''Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby'', HarperCollins Publishers Sydney * Howell, Max (2005) ''Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains'', Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ
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