Cyril Rickards

Cyril Rickards
Full name Cyril Henry Rickards
Date of birth 11 January 1854
Place of birth Jeypore[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.[2]

Early life

Cyril Rickards was born on 11 January 1854 in Jeypore,[1] the son of Colonel Rickards. Along with his brother, Alan William Low Rickards, he attended Rugby School.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 1901 England/Wales census
  2. Cyril Rickards Profile on scrum.com
  3. Rugby school, Rugby School Register (1886), (A.J. Lawrence)
  4. The Law journal, Volume 28, p189, (E.B. Ince), 1893


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