# Charles Sample

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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name           = Charles Sample
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| full_name      = Charles Hubert Sample
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1862|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [Castle Ward](/source/Castle_Ward_Rural_District), England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1938|06|02|1862|11|22|df=yes}}
| death_place    = [Corbridge](/source/Corbridge), England
| height         =
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| position       = Fullback
| repyears1      = 1884–86
| repteam1       = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps1       = 3
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'''Charles Hubert Sample''' (22 November 1862 – 2 June 1938) was an English international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.

Sample was born in [Castle Ward](/source/Castle_Ward_Rural_District) and educated at [Emmanuel College, Cambridge](/source/Emmanuel_College%2C_Cambridge).<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/812032280 |work=Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette |date=10 June 1938}}</ref>

A fullback, Sample was described by the ''[Football Annual](/source/Football_Annual)'' as a player who was "good at extracting his side from a dilemma", possessing good drop kicking and tackling abilities.<ref>{{cite news |title=Athletic Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/801765576 |work=The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle |date=17 October 1885}}</ref> He was a [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_R.U.F.C.) blue, represented Northumberland, and was capped three times for England from 1884 to 1886.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oxford v. Cambridge (R) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/785414081 |work=Cambridge Weekly News |date=13 December 1884}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Northumberland v. Cheshire |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/799498413 |work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser |date=28 January 1884}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|669}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sample, Charles}}
Category:1862 births
Category:1938 deaths
Category:English rugby union players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:Northumberland RFU players
Category:Rugby union players from Northumberland
Category:Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Category:Rugby union fullbacks

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