Rugby player
| Birth name | Cyril Henry Rickards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 January 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jeypore, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 February 1920(1920-02-25) (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | (registered in) Thanet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Rugby School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyril Rickards was a rugby union international who represented England in 1873.
Early life
Cyril Rickards was born on 11 January 1854 in Jeypore, the son of Colonel Rickards. Along with his brother, Alan William Low Rickards, he attended Rugby School.
Rugby union career
Rickards made his only international appearance on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow for England against Scotland.
Career
Rickards initially had a military career, spending some time at the Royal Artillery barracks, Woolwich, Ratcliff gardens, Southsea, and Bengal. After retiring as a major in the army he moved to West Brighton.
References
- ^ 1901 England/Wales census
- Cyril Rickards Profile on scrum.com
- Rugby school, Rugby School Register (1886), (A.J. Lawrence)
- The Law journal, Volume 28, p189, (E.B. Ince), 1893
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