Andrew Hurst Explained

Andrew Hurst
Full Name:Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst
Birth Date:1 October 1935
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt
Occupation:Solicitor
School:Dragon School
University:University of Oxford
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1962
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst (1 October 1935 – 15 March 2011) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Hurst was the youngest son of hydrologist Harold Edwin Hurst and a descendant of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Raised in Oxfordshire, Hurst was educated at the Dragon School and University of Oxford.[1]

An Oxfordshire Youth Services product, Hurst played his senior rugby with Wasps and was capped once by England, as a winger against Scotland at Murrayfield during the 1962 Five Nations Championship.[2]

Hurst was a solicitor by profession. He met his wife Bernadita Barriga on a rugby union tour to Chile.[3]

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  1. Book: Ward . Robert . Wealth and Notoriety . 2013 . 1291334777.
  2. News: Scots favourites but England will be hard to beat . . 17 March 1962.
  3. News: Chipperfield . John . Rugby player caught bride . . 12 November 2012 . en.