Alan Wordsworth
| Full name | Alan John Wordsworth | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 November 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thornton Heath, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Alan John Wordsworth (born 9 November 1953) is an English former rugby union international.
Wordsworth, born in Thornton Heath, studied at Whitgift School and Cambridge University.[1]
A fly-half, Wordsworth was capped once for England, while a member of the squad that toured Australia in 1975. On the bench for the first Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Wordsworth got his opportunity after only 13 minutes when fly-half Neil Bennett had to come off injured.[2] He picked up an injury himself to rule him out of the second Test in Brisbane.[3]
Wordsworth played for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. and Harlequins.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Whitgift Brothers Link Up". The Daily Telegraph. 9 January 1976.
- ^ "Mauling For Tony". Sunday Mirror. 25 May 1975.
- ^ "Preece Doubtful: Wyatt Has Chance of Cap". The Daily Telegraph. 31 May 1975.
- ^ "Wordsworth May Clinch England Place Today". The Daily Telegraph. 25 January 1975.
External links
[edit]- Alan Wordsworth at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Croydon
- People from Thornton Heath
- People educated at Whitgift School
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Harlequin F.C. players
- Rugby union fly-halves