| Full name | Joseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1881-03-05)5 March 1881 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Landkey, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 July 1916(1916-07-29) (aged 35) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Khartoum, Sudan | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Marlborough College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Exeter College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Ernest Sandford (father) | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Civil servant | ||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford (5 March 1881 – 29 July 1916) was an English international rugby union player.
Biography
Born in Landkey, Devon, Sandford was the son of Ernest Sandford, the Archdeacon of Exeter.
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.
Employed by the Sudan Civil Service, Sandford fell ill and died in Khartoum in 1916, aged 35.
See also
References
- "Court and Personal". Western Morning News. 8 August 1916.
- "England v. Ireland". Evening Post. 10 February 1906.
- "Exonian's Death". Western Times. 8 August 1916.
External links
- Joseph Sandford at ESPNscrum