Reginald Ewart Lane (7 September 1898 – 31 August 1962) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.[3] He captained Victoria in the mid-1920s.[4]
In his business life he founded the Macquarie Radio Network and was General Manager of the radio station 2GB.[5][6] 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.[7]
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 Methodistminister.[8] Within the church Benjamin Lane was "a noted builder of churches and parsonages" in the circuits where he served.[9] 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 parliamentarianAlbert Lane.[10]
Lane married Myrra Livesey Binnie (b. 1914)[15] 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.[16][17]
^"REV. BENJAMIN LANE". The Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer. New South Wales, Australia. 10 June 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 1 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"OBITUARY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 899. New South Wales, Australia. 6 June 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 112