Cyril Rickards Explained

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. 1901 England/Wales census
  2. http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/308.html 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