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Joseph Sandford

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Joseph Sandford
Full nameJoseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford
Date of birth(1881-03-05)5 March 1881
Place of birthLandkey, Devon, England
Date of death29 July 1916(1916-07-29) (aged 35)
Place of deathKhartoum, Sudan
SchoolMarlborough College
UniversityExeter College, Oxford
Notable relative(s)Ernest Sandford (father)
Occupation(s)Civil servant
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1906 England 1 (0)

Joseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford (5 March 1881 – 29 July 1916) was an English international rugby union player.

Biography

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Born in Landkey, Devon, Sandford was the son of Ernest Sandford, the Archdeacon of Exeter.[1]

Sandford attended Marlborough College and Exeter College, Oxford, where he was a rugby blue. He also played rugby for Devon and was capped once for England as a centre three-quarter against Ireland in 1906.[2]

Employed by the Sudan Civil Service, Sandford fell ill and died in Khartoum in 1916, aged 35.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Court and Personal". Western Morning News. 8 August 1916.
  2. ^ "England v. Ireland". Evening Post. 10 February 1906.
  3. ^ "Exonian's Death". Western Times. 8 August 1916.
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