Andrew Clinch

Andrew Clinch

Birth 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
Children	Jamie Clinch
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Dublin University Wanderers () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1892-1897 1896 Ireland British Lions 10 4 (0) (0)

Andrew Daniel Clinch MD JP (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 Daniel (Coo) Clinch represented Leinster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions 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, James ("Jammie") Clinch, also played rugby for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.

His great-grandson Peter Clinch is an Irish academic and economist, who has served as Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland.