John Worton
| Full name | Joseph Robert Bute Worton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 March 1901 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fulham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 January 1991 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | SW Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Robert Bute Worton (31 March 1901 – 14 January 1991) was an English international rugby union player.
Educated at Haileybury, Worton went to Sandhurst after finishing his schooling and in 1922 was gazetted into the Middlesex Regiment, serving periods in Belfast and occupied Germany.[1]
Worton was a scrum-half with the Army and Harlequins sides. He stood in for Arthur Young as England scrum-half on two occasions, gaining caps in matches against Wales in 1926 and 1927.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ealing Player Picked for England". Middlesex County Times. 9 January 1926.
- ^ "Town & County Gossip". Bognor Regis Observer. 5 August 1944.
- ^ "J. R. B. Worton To Play At Stand-Off Half". London Daily Chronicle. 1 October 1926.
External links
[edit]- John Worton at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1901 births
- 1991 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Harlequin F.C. players
- Army rugby union players
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College