Frank Stout Frank Moxon Stout MC ( 21 February 1877 – 30 May 1926 ) also referred to as Frank Moxham Stout , was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Gloucester and Richmond . Stout played international rugby for England and was selected for the British Isles on two tours in 1899 and 1903 . On the 1899 tour of Australia he acted as on field captain for three of the Tests . Stout came from a notable sporting family , his father William Stout , was a Diamond Sculls winner , while his brother , Percy also played international rugby for England . Rugby career . Stout first came to note as a rugby player when he joined Gloucester , and became the club ' s very first player to represent an international team whilst a Gloucester player . His first cap for England was the opening game of the 1897 Home Nations Championship , played away against Wales . England lost the game 11 - 0 , but the selectors kept faith in Stout and he was back in the team for the second English encounter of the tournament , another away game , this time to Ireland . After a second loss Stout was replaced for the next game by Herbert Dudgeon . During the 1897 season , Stout was approached to play for the invitational touring team , Barbarian F . C . , of which he would eventually become a committee member . Despite not playing in a winning team in his first Home Nations campaign , Stout played in all three matches of the 1898 Championship . The opening game to Ireland was another loss , but in the encounter with Scotland , Stout was joined by his brother Percy for the first time at international level . Percy also represented Gloucester , but at threequarters position . The game ended in a three all draw , and the brothers were chosen again in the final encounter , against Wales at the Rectory Field in Blackheath . Not only did England win the match , but both Stout and Percy scored a try each , the first time brothers had both scored a try for England at international level . The next time this feat was achieved was in the 1993 Five Nations Championship by Rory and Tony Underwood . Stout played in only the final two matches of the 1899 Home Nations Championship , a terrible season for England in which they lost all three encounters . Percy played in all three loses , and the brothers played their last match as England players together in the encounter with Scotland on 11 March 1899 . In 1899 , Stout was approached to join the British Isles team on the first official tour of Australia . Stout played in all 21 matches of the tour , scoring four tries in total . After the tourists lost the First Test to Australia , the British captain , Matthew Mullineux , removed himself from further Test matches and gave Stout the on - field captaincy . The British team went on to win the final three Tests , taking the series 3 - 1 . On his return to England , Stout was not part of the England team , despite playing for the Barbarians on their Christmas tour of Wales of 1899 . The next time Stout represented England he had left Gloucester and was now playing for Richmond . Stout was selected to play in the final game of the 1903 Home Nations Championship , losing the Calcutta Cup to Scotland at Richmond . Before the next season began , Stout was offered a place on his second British Isles ' tour , this time to South Africa . Stout played in all three Tests against South Africa , which resulted in two draws and a loss . Back in Britain , Stout was not only selected for the 1904 Home Nations Championship , but was given the captaincy . England drew the opener against Wales , in which Stout converted one of the England tries ; and although Stout played in the remaining two games of the tournament , John Daniell was handed the captaincy . Stout ' s final campaign for England was the 1905 Championship , in which Stout captained his country to three defeats . As well as having a distinguished Rugby career , Stout played for the newly formed Gloucester City football team , along with his two brothers . He appeared 34 times , scoring one goal between 1893 and 1895 . Military service . With the outbreak of World War I , Stout joined the British Army and was posted to the 20th Hussars . In September 1914 , he and his brother Percy , were both promoted to acting Second Lieutenant . During the war , Stout was awarded the Military Cross , for his actions while serving in the British lines . On hearing that the enemy had been seen working close to the British positions , he took Corporal G . Tester and a light machine gun to the saphead , at the end of the trench . They mounted the machine gun on top of the trench , and then Corporal Tester , standing on Stout ' s shoulders , opened fire on the enemy who were only 30 to 40 yards away . Under heavy enemy fire , Tester fired 150 rounds , before he and Stout switched positions to allow Stout to continue the attack . The next day fourteen enemy dead were counted . For this action Stout was awarded the MC while Tester received the DCM . The events were recorded and published , along with a black - and - white print , in a volume recounting acts of heroism from the First World War . Stout was promoted to full Lieutenant in August 1918 .