Hugh Ferris
Full names: Hamish Hood
Date of birth: 6 Dec 1877
Place of birth: Newry, Co Down, Ireland
School: Methodist College, Belfast
Springbok no: 84
Debut test province: Transvaal
Date of death: 17 Jul 1929 (Age 51)

Test summary: Tests: 1 Tries: 0
First Test: 12 Sep 1903 Age:25 Halfback against Britain at Newlands, Cape Town
Last Test: 12 Sep 1903 Age:25 Halfback against Britain at Newlands, Cape Town
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentResultScoreVenueProv
12 Sep 190325HalfbackBritainWin: 8-0 Newlands, Cape TownTvl

Ferris street : G.J. van Eck.

FERRIS, Hilton H., wat in Ierland gebore is en ook daar rugby gespeel het, het as Transvaler in die S.A. span gespeel wat die Britte op 12 September 1903 in die derde internasionale wedstryd op Nuweland met 8 teenoor 0 geklop het.

"Actually he is a halfback but with his wonderful break, the selectors are obviously looking for penetrative power in the middle".

". . . South Mrica's 8-0 triumph had given them the rubber for the first time. Little could anyone have foreseen at the time that South Africa would not lose another test series until 53 years later, in New Zealand".

BRONNE:
(1) CRAVEN, D. H.: (i) Springbok-annale (Rugby) 1889-1964.
(ii) Springboks Down the Years.
(2) PARKER, A. C.: The Springboks 1891-1970, London 1970.

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