Thomas Hendry

{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}

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| birth_name = Thomas Laurie Hendry

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|12|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Blythswood, Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = March {{death year and age|1939|1866}}

| death_place = Lewes, Sussex, England

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Thomas Laurie Hendry (25 December 1866 - March 1939) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1893 Home Nations Championship and in the 1895 Home Nations Championship{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/1071.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Thomas Hendry - Test matches|work=ESPN scrum}}

The son of Patrick Hendry and Elizabeth Haining Laurie, he grew up in the Cathcart area of Glasgow. He became a Cotton Yarn merchant.

He played as a forward for Clydesdale RFC and also represented Glasgow District. He played in December 1893 inter-city match against Edinburgh District which Glasgow won 14-0. He was also picked for a combined Glasgow & Edinburgh side to play the Rest of Scotland in an international trial match that year.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sLFEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rLUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3258%2C6800690|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|publisher=}}

Other sports

Hendry was also an accomplished amateur lawn tennis player he won the West of Scotland Championships at Pollokshields in 1891,{{Cite news |date=1 June 1891 |title=POLLOKSHIELDS TOURNAMENT AND WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18910601/223/0005 |access-date=22 April 2025 |work=The Scotsman via British Newspaper Archive |pages=5}} and again in 1892.{{Cite news |date=23 May 1892 |title=SPORTING NEWS: POLLOKSHIELDS TOURNAMENT AND WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18920523/125/0005 |access-date=22 April 2025 |work=The Scotsman via British Newspaper Archive |pages=5}}

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