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Ernest Still

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Ernest Still
Birth nameErnest Robert Still
Date of birth14 July 1852
Place of birthEpsom[1]
Date of death23 November 1931(1931-11-23) (aged 79)
Place of death(registered in) Epsom
SchoolRugby School
UniversityBrasenose College, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Ravenscourt Park ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1873-1873 England 1

Ernest Still (1852-1931) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1873.[1]

Early life

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Ernest Still was born on 14 July 1852 in Epsom,[1] the fifth son of Robert Still of Sutton in Surrey.[2] He attended Rugby School and went on to study law at Brasenose College, Oxford from where he received his BA in 1874 and his MA in 1880.

Rugby union career

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Still made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match.[1]

Career and later life

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Ernest became a solicitor and later married Amy Gordon Churchill, the daughter of Charles Churchill. Their son, Francis Churchill Still, married Margaret Burdett Money-Coutts, daughter of Francis Burdett Thomas Coutts-Nevill, 5th Lord Latymer and Edith Ellen Churchill, on 8 June 1907. He died on 14 December 1937.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ernest Still Profile on scrum.com
  2. ^ Joseph Foster (ed), Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees: Sabin-Zouch p1355, (Parker and co.), 1891
  3. ^ the peerage.com