Fenwick Allison Explained

Fenwick Allison
Full Name:Dennis Fenwick Allison
Birth Date:20 April 1931
Birth Place:Tynemouth, England
Death Place:Leeds, England
School:Dame Allan's School
University:King's College, Newcastle
Position:Fullback
Repyears1:1956–58
Repcaps1:7
Reppoints1:15

Dennis Fenwick Allison (20 April 1931 – 14 April 2009) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, Allison was educated at Dame Allan's School and King's College, Newcastle, where he studied for a degree in metallurgy while playing club rugby for Northern.[1]

Allison, a left-footed fullback, moved to the Midlands in 1955 and signed with Coventry.[2]

From 1956 to 1958, Allison was capped seven times as a fullback by England. He appeared in all four matches of England's 1956 Five Nations campaign and contributed to the 1957 Five Nations grand slam with a first-half penalty goal in their tournament opener against Wales in Cardiff, which was the only score of a 3–0 win.[3]

Allison captained the Warwickshire side that won the 1957–58 County Championship.[4]

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  1. News: Poole . Alan . Fenwick Allison, former Coventry rugby star, dies at 77 . . 15 April 2009 . en.
  2. News: Coventry and Nuneaton Appear to Have Buried the Hatchet . . 15 January 1955.
  3. News: Fenwick Allison: Rugby international and Roundhay coach . . 27 April 2009 . en.
  4. News: Fenwick Allison Pays Tribute to Team . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 10 March 1958.