Austin Gralton
Birth nameAustin Sarsfield Ireland Gralton[1][2]
Birth date9 February 1871[1]
Birth placeKempsey, NSW[1]
Death date1 July 1919 (aged 48)[1]
SchoolSt. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace[2]
Repyears 11899–1903[1]
Repteam 1Australia
Repcaps 13[1]
Reppoints 10[1]

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.

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Scrum.com player profile of Austin Gralton". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Brave and Game player profile of Austin Gralton". Braveandgame.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2010.