Herbert Archer

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Herbert Archer
Date of birth(1883-08-14)14 August 1883
Place of birth Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Date of death26 December 1946(1946-12-26) (aged 63)
Place of death West Penwith, Cornwall,
England
School Blundell's School
Occupation(s)General practitioner / Surgeon
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1908 Anglo-Welsh 3 (0)
1909 England 3 (0)

Herbert Archer (14 August 1883 – 26 December 1946) was an English international rugby union player.

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Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Archer was educated at Blundell's School in Devon from 1896 to 1903, before further studies at the University of Bristol and Guy's Hospital. [1]

Archer, a forward, played rugby for his hospital and Somerset club Bridgwater & Albion RFC. He went on tour in 1908 with the British Lions (then known as Anglo-Welsh) and made 18 appearances over the course of the trip, including all three internationals against the All Blacks. In 1909, Archer was capped three times for England. [2]

During World War I, Archer served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. [2]

Archer was honorary surgeon at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and had a practice in Nether Stowey. [3] He retired to Edington and was spending Christmas with his daughter's family in Cornwall when he died in 1946. [2]

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References

  1. "Former Blundell's Rugby Player". Tiverton Gazette . 7 January 1947.
  2. 1 2 3 "Player Rugby for England". Somerset County Herald. 4 January 1947.
  3. "Former Surgeon At Bristol Infirmary". Western Daily Press . 31 December 1946.