Trevor Brewer (born August 16, 1930), British rugby union player

Trevor Brewer

August 16, 1930

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

He played for the Wales national rugby union team on three occasions, once in 1950 and twice in 1955. He then represented his country at schoolboy level playing for the Welsh Secondary Schools team He matriculated to Jesus College, Oxford where he studied chemistry. He played on the wing. Brewer did not play for Wales again until the 1954/1955 season, when he played in the matches against England and Scotland national rugby union team, scoring two tries against Scotland. He also played rugby for the Army, Newport Reconstruction Finance Corporation, London Welsh Reconstruction Finance Corporation (captaining the side) and the Welsh Academicals. He later worked for Imperial Chemical Industries and lived in Northern Ireland. He is the father of Nicola Brewer, British High Commissioner to South Africa and former chief executive of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

Trevor Brewer

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Brewer, who was born in Newport, Wales and was educated at Newport High School, representing the school rugby team

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Jesus College.

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He played for the Wales national rugby union team on three occasions, once in 1950 and twice in 1955. He then represented his country at schoolboy level playing for the Welsh Secondary Schools team He matriculated to Jesus College, Oxford where he studied chemistry.

He played on the wing.

Brewer did not play for Wales again until the 1954/1955 season, when he played in the matches against England and Scotland national rugby union team, scoring two tries against Scotland. He also played rugby for the Army, Newport Reconstruction Finance Corporation, London Welsh Reconstruction Finance Corporation (captaining the side) and the Welsh Academicals.

He later worked for Imperial Chemical Industries and lived in Northern Ireland. He is the father of Nicola Brewer, British High Commissioner to South Africa and former chief executive of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

Achievements

He was called into the Wales national rugby union team for the match against England in January 1950 whilst still a student at Oxford, and before he had won his "Blue" (as he had missed the Varsity Match that year through injury).

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