Cyril Rickards

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Cyril Rickards
Birth nameCyril Henry Rickards
Date of birth11 January 1854
Place of birth Jeypore, [1] India
Date of death25 February 1920(1920-02-25) (aged 66)
Place of death(registered in) Thanet
School Rugby School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Gipsies Football Club ()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1873-1873 England 1

Cyril Rickards was a rugby union international who represented England in 1873. [2]

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Early life

Cyril Rickards was born on 11 January 1854 in Jeypore, [1] the son of Colonel Rickards. Along with his brother, Alan William Low Rickards, he attended Rugby School. [3]

Rugby union career

Rickards made his only international appearance on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow for England against Scotland.

Career

Rickards initially had a military career, spending some time at the Royal Artillery barracks, Woolwich, Ratcliff gardens, Southsea, and Bengal. After retiring as a major in the army he moved to West Brighton. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 1901 England/Wales census
  2. Cyril Rickards Profile on scrum.com
  3. Rugby school, Rugby School Register (1886), (A.J. Lawrence)
  4. The Law journal, Volume 28, p189, (E.B. Ince), 1893