Matthew Bradby
| Full name | Matthew Seymour Bradby | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 March 1899 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rugby, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 June 1963 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | near Shatterbury, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Rugby School | ||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Seymour Bradby (25 March 1899 – 11 June 1963) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Bradby was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, and educated at Rugby School, where his father was a master from 1892 to 1929, as well as the house master of School Field. He was the first England international produced by the Rugby Lions, gaining two caps as a centre in the 1922 Five Nations, and also played rugby in the Royal Navy.[2][3]
A Royal Navy commander, Bradby was captain of Heswall Nautical School in Cheshire immediately after World War II and in 1950 became commanding officer of the HMS Mercury training ship.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Looking Ahead". Edinburgh Evening News. 27 February 1922.
- ^ a b "CDR. M.S. Bradby's Death". Rugby Advertiser. 14 June 1963.
- ^ "A Rugby International". Rugby Advertiser. 3 February 1922.
External links
[edit]- Matthew Bradby at ESPNscrum