Andrew Clinch

Andrew Clinch

Full name	Andrew Daniel Clinch
Date of birth	28 November 1867
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	1 February 1937
Place of death	Dublin, Ireland
School	Belvedere College
University	Dublin University
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Dublin University Wanderers
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1892-1897 1896	Ireland British Lions	10 4	(0) (0)

Andrew Daniel Clinch (28 November 1867 - 1 February 1937), was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British Isles.

Biography

Educated at Belvedere College S.J. Andrew Clinch represented Leinster and Ireland in a distinguished playing career and later became president of the Irish Rugby Football Union. He was a member of the squad on the 1896 British Lions tour to South Africa.

His son, also named Andrew, also attended Belvedere College S.J. and was killed in the Second World War.