rugby league player rugby union player
Yiend was born in Winchcombe in 1861 to George Yiend, a mason and master grocer, and Rebecca Yiend (formerly Webb) Yiend played for several teams before gaining international recognition, including Peterborough, and Keighley, before they turned to rugby league.
Yiend was also a cricketer, who represented Durham for one season before the club joined the Minor Counties Championship. Yiend was first selected to play international rugby for England in the country"s first encounter with an overseas touring team The New Zealand Natives.
During the 1890-1891 season, Yiend was approached by William Percy Carpmael to join his newly formed invitational tourists, the Barabarians.
Yiend was next selected for England during the 1892 Home Nations Championship. His final game was the encounter with Scotland in the same Championship tournament, and finished in a defeat, the only international game in which Yiend finished on the losing side.
Despite a comfortable win over the New Zealand team, Yiend would not play for England for another two seasons. Yiend played in all three games, each of which England won, making Yiend a Triple Crown winning player. Yiend missed the opening game of the 1893 Championship, but was back in the team to face Ireland in a narrow win.
In 1890 Yiend became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club. Yiend accepted and became a member of the first Barbarian squad.
