Ronald Poulton
Opposition Score Result Date Venue
France 22-0 Win 30 January 1909 Leicester
Ireland 5-11 Win 13 February 1909 Lansdowne Road
Scotland 8-18 Lost 20 March 1909 Richmond
Wales 11-6 Win 15 January 1910 Twickenham
Scotland 13-8 Win 18 March 1911 Twickenham
Wales 8-0 Win 20 January 1912 Twickenham
Ireland 15-0 Win 10 February 1912 Twickenham
Scotland 8-3 Lost 16 March 1912 Inverleith
South Africa 3-9 Lost 4 January 1913 Twickenham
Wales 0-12 Win 18 January 1913 Cardiff
France 20-0 Win 25 January 1913 Twickenham
Ireland 4-15 Win 8 February 1913 Lansdowne Road
Scotland 3-0 Win 15 March 1913 Twickenham
Wales 10-9 Win 17 January 1914 Twickenham
Ireland 17-12 Win 14 February 1914 Twickenham
Scotland 15-16 Win 21 March 1914 Inverleith
France 13-39 Win 13 April 1914 Colombes
Rugby career -- International appearances
Ronald 'Ronnie' William Poulton (later sometimes Poulton-Palmer) (12 September 1889 - 5 May 1915) was an English rugby union footballer, who captained . He was killed in the First World War during the Second Battle of Ypres. Born in north Oxford, he was the son of Emily Palmer and her husband, the zoologist Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton. He was educated at the Dragon School, Rugby School, and Balliol College, Oxford. Poulton played for Balliol College, Oxford University RFC, Harlequins and Liverpool F.C. Poulton is one of three men to score a hat-trick of tries in The Varsity Match - he scored five, still the individual record for the fixture, in 1909. He captained England during the 1913-14 unbeaten season (now what would be called a 'Grand Slam'), scoring four tries against France in 1914, in the last test match prior to the outbreak of World War I. Poulton was renowned for his elusiveness and glamorous style of play - the very mention of swerving sends one's thoughts to the late Ronald Poulton, the swerver par excellence . swerving and Poulton are almost synonymous terms.