Hercules Beresford-Knox
| Full name | Hercules John Beresford-Knox | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 August 1880 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gortnor Abbey, County Mayo, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 March 1975 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Hercules John Beresford-Knox (2 August 1880 — 10 March 1975) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in County Mayo, Beresford-Knox was educated at the High School, Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin, where he studied medicine.[1] He played varsity rugby and also competed for Lansdowne. From 1904 to 1908, Beresford-Knox was capped 10 times as a forward for Ireland, which included a match against the touring 1905-06 All Blacks.[2]
Beresford-Knox had a medical practice on Rodney Street in Liverpool.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sefton Doctors". www.seftonrugby.org.uk.
- ^ "In 1905 the first All Blacks had achieved 'perfection'". The Irish Times. 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Doctor dies aged 94". Liverpool Echo. 11 March 1975.
External links
[edit]- Hercules Beresford-Knox at ESPNscrum