Gordon Sturtridge (rugby union)

Gordon Sturtridge

Full name	Gordon Short Sturtridge
Date of birth	(1906-09-16)16 September 1906
Place of birth	Emmaville, NSW, Australia
Date of death	16 September 1963(1963-09-16) (aged 57)
Place of death	Northampton, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Fly-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1929–33 Australia 9 (3)

Gordon Short Sturtridge (16 September 1906 — 16 September 1963) was an Australian rugby union international.

Sturtridge was born in Emmaville, New South Wales and educated at Brisbane Boys' College.

Primarily a fly-half, Sturtridge played for Melbourne University during his medical studies and was a Victorian interstate representative. He became Victoria's first Wallaby in 1929 when he debuted against the touring All Blacks at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground and was capped nine times for his country in total, including all five Tests on the 1933 tour of South Africa. His Wallabies appearances were made mostly as a centre.

Sturtridge took up a job at England's Northampton General Hospital in 1933 armed with his medical degree and continued his rugby career with Rosslyn Park. He captained Northampton from 1938 to 1941, then in 1950 was appointed club president, a position he still held at the time of his death in 1963.

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players

External links

• Gordon Sturtridge at ESPNscrum