Reg Lane
{{short description|Australian rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = Reginald Ewart Lane
| birth_date = 7 September 1898
| birth_place = Tenterfield, New South Wales
| death_date= 31 August 1962[http://ryersonindex.net/search.php Ryerson Index] Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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| height = 5 ft {{frac|7|1|2}} in (1.71 m)
| weight = 11 st 7 lb (73 kg){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103428934 |title=RUGBY UNION. |newspaper=Arrow (Sydney, NSW : 1916 - 1933) |location=Sydney, NSW |date=20 May 1921 |accessdate=21 December 2013 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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| occupation = TV & radio executive
| school = Newington College
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| spouse = Myrra Livesey (née Binnie)
| children = 3 sons & 4 daughters
| relatives = Albert Lane (uncle)
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| ru_position = Wing
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Reginald Ewart Lane (7 September 1898 – 31 August 1962) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/2791.html|title=Scrum.com player profile of Reg Lane|publisher=Scrum.com|accessdate=12 July 2010}} He captained Victoria in the mid-1920s.[http://www.aru.com.au/wallabies/TheTeam/HistoricalWallabiesPlayerProfile.aspx?pid=785 Historical Wallabies Player Profile Page] Retrieved 30 April 2017.
In his business life he founded the Macquarie Radio Network and was General Manager of the radio station 2GB.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59701918 |title=Commercial competition reaches new peak FIGHT FOR LISTENERS BOOSTS QUALITY. |newspaper=Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) |location=Perth, WA |date=20 February 1955 |accessdate=28 January 2015 |page=17 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/424417 Biographical cuttings on Reginald Ewart Lane, businessman, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals] He became a director of I.T.N. Ltd, a company holding a licence to operate a commercial television station in the Illawarra area of New South Wales.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105902929 |title=Denial T.V. Firm Withheld Facts From Prospectus |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=34 |issue=9,527 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=17 February 1960 |accessdate=30 April 2017 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Birth and family
Lane was born in Tenterfield, New South Wales, the fifth of six children. His parents were Elizabeth Rebecca (née Lester) and Benjamin Lane (1854–1927), a Methodist minister.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166283080 |title=REV. BENJAMIN LANE. |newspaper=The Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 June 1927 |accessdate=1 May 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}} Within the church Benjamin Lane was "a noted builder of churches and parsonages" in the circuits where he served.[http://www.rdhswiki.com/m/page/Rylstone+Methodist+Church Rylstone Methodist Church] Retrieved 30 April 2017. The other children of the Lane family were: Rozetta (b.1889, Murrurundi), Ellie (b.1891 Murrurundi), Albert (b.1894, Lismore), Edgar (b.1896, East Maitland) and Florence (b.1901, Parkes). Lane was the nephew of NSW parliamentarian Albert Lane.[http://grthom.info/johnlane.html John Lane and Margaret Anderson] Retrieved 30 April 2017.
Education
Before entering the ministry, Lane's father had studied theology at the Wesleyan Theological Institution at Newington House in Silverwater, New South Wales.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16388183 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=27,899 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 June 1927 |accessdate=1 May 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} When it came to educating his sons he chose Newington College, then at Stanmore, as their school. Lane commenced at Newington in 1912 following his brothers, Albert and Edgar, who had commenced in 1906 and 19011 respectively.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 112 Before leaving Newington in 1914 he had captained the 3rd XV rugby team.{{Citation | title=The Newingtonian | date=1914 | publisher=Newington College | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18648455 | accessdate=3 May 2017 }} His older brother, Edgar Murray Lane, joined the 20th Infantry Battalion in 1916 and died at Bullecourt on 2 May 1917. He was buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.[https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1641506/ Roll of Honour Edgar Murray Lane] Retrieved 3 May 2017.
Marriage and family
Lane married Myrra Livesey Binnie (b. 1914)[http://heritage.saintandrews.org.au/userfiles/files/Binnie%2092_2.pdf David Johnston Binnie 1886–1950] Retrieved 30 April 2017. in 1935 and the union produced seven children: Lynette, Peter, Ian, Jennifer, Rosemary, Robert and Margaret.
Rugby career
Lane was a wing and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia in 1921. Later in the year he was selected to play in New Zealand but missed the first match. He played against Waikato for half the game but was injured, ending his tour. Lane then moved to Melbourne and became one of Victoria’s leading players. He captained the Victorian team in the 1926 game against the All Blacks and although his team was beaten convincingly, Lane scored a try against New Zealand.[http://www.aru.com.au/wallabies/TheTeam/HistoricalWallabiesPlayerProfile.aspx?pid=785 Historical Wallabies Player Profile Page] Retrieved 30 April 2017.[https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/reginald-ewart-lane Classic Wallabies Player Profile] Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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Category:People from New England (New South Wales)