Cyril Rickards | |
Birth Name: | Cyril Henry Rickards |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1854 |
Birth Place: | Jeypore,[1] India |
Death Place: | (registered in) Thanet |
Ru Position: | Forward |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Repyears1: | 1873–1873 |
Amatyears1: | - |
Amatteam1: | Gipsies Football Club |
School: | Rugby School |
Cyril Rickards was a rugby union international who represented England in 1873.[2]
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]
Rickards made his only international appearance on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow for England against Scotland.
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]