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}} Harry Alexander (6 January 1879 – 17 October 1915) was a rugby union international who represented from 1900 to 1902, and was captain for one match, against .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Harry Alexander )〕 Alexander was born in Cheshire, and after attending Uppingham School, went up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he earned two blues in rugby. While playing for Birkenhead Park after graduating from Oxford, he was selected in 1900 to play for England and earned seven caps over the course of three seasons. In 1902, he authored a book on rugby, ''How to Play Rugby Football. The Theory and Practice of the Game''. Later, he played for Richmond and was captain in his final season, 1905 to 1906. He was commissioned second lieutenant into the 1st Battalion, the Grenadier Guards in July 1915, and was sent to the Western Front in October, where he participated in the Battle of Loos, and was killed in action, along with some 400 soldiers of his battalion. ==Early life and family== Harry Alexander was born on 6 January 1879 in Oxton, Cheshire, the son of a cotton broker. He went to school at Uppingham from 1891 to 1897, then studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford from 1897. At Oxford, Alexander read Classics, English Law, French language and literature, and Political Theory and Institutions, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900. He was secretary of the athletics club in 1899 and captained the cricket XI in 1900, having earned blues in rugby in 1897 and 1898.〔(Roll of Honour World War I: Biographies - Corpus Christi College, Oxford )〕 On graduating from Oxford, he was appointed assistant master at Stanmore Prep School but then left to become a professional singer.〔 Alexander had a brother and two sisters. He married Louise Risby in 1913 and together they had a daughter, Jean born in 1914. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Alexander (rugby union)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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