- Cyril Rickards
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Cyril Rickards Full name Cyril Henry Rickards Date of birth 11 January 1854 Place of birth Jeypon[1] Date of death 25 February 1920 Place of death (registered in) Thanet (aged 66 years 45 days) School Rugby School Rugby union career Playing career Position Forward Amateur clubs Years Club / team - Gipsies Football Club National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1873-1873 England 1 Cyril Rickards was a rugby union international who represented England in 1873.[1]
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Early life
Cyril Rickards was born on 11 January 1854 in Jeypon[1], the son of Colonel Rickards. Along with his brother, Alan William Low Rickards, he attended Rugby School.[2]
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.[3]
References
Categories:- 1854 births
- 1920 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union forwards
- English rugby union biography stubs
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