Victor Le Fanu

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Victor Le Fanu


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birthname = Victor Charles Le Fanu
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placeofbirth = Dublin [ [http://scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=24056&includeref=dynamic Scrum.com player profiles] ] , Ireland
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ru_position = Flanker, Scrum half

ru_amateuryears = 1884-1886
ru_amateurclubs = Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
Lansdowne Football Club
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ru_nationalteam = Ireland
ru_nationalyears = 1886-1992
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occupation = Land agent [ [http://www.meddows-taylor.com/Pollock.htm Meddows-Taylor geneology] ]
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Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1864–9 August 1899), [ [http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/wicklow/stpatrick/index.htm Interment.net] Saint Patrick Anglican ChurchyardPowerscourt, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland.] was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne. Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team.

His father was William Le Fanu, a Commissioner of the Irish Board of Works, who more famously was the brother of Sheridan Le Fanu.

International career

Le Fanu was first capped for Ireland on 6 February 1886 in a home game against England. Le Fanu, still at Cambridge, had a difficult start which saw England win comfortably, in front of a then record crowd of 7,000. Le Fanu would represent Ireland on 11 occasions, and in 1892 he captained the team on all three home nation matches.

"International matches played"
* England 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892
* Wales 1887, 1889, 1892
* Scotland 1886, 1888, 1892

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