Fenwick Allison

Fenwick Allison

Full name	Dennis Fenwick Allison
Date of birth	(1931-04-20)20 April 1931
Place of birth	Tynemouth, England
Date of death	14 April 2009(2009-04-14) (aged 77)
Place of death	Leeds, England
School	Dame Allan's School
University	King's College, Newcastle
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1956–58 England 7 (15)

Dennis Fenwick Allison (20 April 1931 – 14 April 2009) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, Allison was educated at Dame Allan's School and King's College, Newcastle, where he studied for a degree in metallurgy while playing club rugby for Northern. ^[1]

Allison, a left-footed fullback, moved to the Midlands in 1955 and signed with Coventry. ^[2]

From 1956 to 1958, Allison was capped seven times as a fullback by England. He appeared in all four matches of England's 1956 Five Nations campaign and contributed to the 1957 Five Nations grand slam with a first-half penalty goal in their tournament opener against Wales in Cardiff, which was the only score of a 3–0 win. ^[3]

Allison captained the Warwickshire side that won the 1957–58 County Championship. ^[4]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

References

1. Poole, Alan (15 April 2009). "Fenwick Allison, former Coventry rugby star, dies at 77". Coventry Live .
2. "Coventry and Nuneaton Appear to Have Buried the Hatchet". Coventry Evening Telegraph . 15 January 1955.
3. "Fenwick Allison: Rugby international and Roundhay coach". The Times . 27 April 2009.
4. "Fenwick Allison Pays Tribute to Team". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 March 1958.

External links

• Fenwick Allison at ESPNscrum
• Fenwick Allison at England Rugby