| Full name | Peter Laurence Candler | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1914-01-28)28 January 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 November 1991(1991-11-27) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Natal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Sherborne School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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Peter Laurence Candler (28 January 1914 – 27 November 1991) was an English international rugby union player.
Biography
Born in Exeter, Candler was educated at Sherborne School, St Bartholomew's Hospital and University of Cambridge, where he gained a blue playing as a centre three quarter on the 1934 varsity side. He also played rugby in the United Hospitals Cup, as well as for London club Richmond. While based in London, Candler represented Middlesex, otherwise played county fixtures for his native Devon.
Candler was an England player from 1935 and 1938. He was used as a stand-off for the first two years, including in the historic win over the All Blacks at Twickenham. His contributions to England's triple crown-winning 1937 Home Nations campaign were as a centre. He finished his England career in 1938 with 10 caps.
A gynecologist, Candler later worked as a Medical Officer for the Kenyan government. He was joined in Kenya by his younger twin brothers, one of whom was killed by terrorists in 1954. His wife, Sheilagh, was the youngest daughter of WW1 flying ace Olaus Johnsen and a grand-daughter of London Lord Mayor Frank Bowater.
See also
References
- "Former "Caps" Chosen To Fill Vacancies". The Scotsman. 15 March 1937.
- "New Cantab Rugby Blues". Daily Mirror. 15 November 1934.
- ^ "Rugby Nationalist Engaged". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 30 May 1940.
- Keating, Frank (24 March 2010). "Seventy years on, England's Prince Obolensky is still remembered". The Guardian.
- "Candler v Dick and the battle for the Calcutta Cup, 1938". The Old Shirburnian Society. 24 January 2018.
- "Exeter Man Killed By Kenya Terrorists". Herald Express. 6 March 1954.
External links
- Peter Candler at ESPNscrum
- 1914 births
- 1991 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Exeter
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Richmond F.C. players
- Middlesex County RFU players
- Devon RFU players
- People educated at Sherborne School
- British expatriates in British Kenya
- British emigrants to South Africa
- 20th-century English sportsmen