Godfrey Carey Explained

Godfrey Carey
Full Name:Godfrey Mohun Carey
Birth Date:17 August 1872
Birth Place:Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Death Place:Sherborne, Dorset, England
Occupation:Schoolmaster
School:Elizabeth College, Guernsey
Sherborne School
University:Exeter College, Oxford
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1895–96
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:3

Godfrey Mohun Carey (17 August 1872 – 18 December 1927) was an English international rugby union player.

Biography

Born and raised in Guernsey, Carey was the son of barrister Sir Thomas Godfrey Carey, who served as both the attorney-general and bailiff of Guernsey. He attended Elizabeth College on the island until 1886, when he moved to Sherborne School, before taking up a scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford.[1]

Carey, a forward, played rugby for Oxford University, captaining future England cricket captain C. B. Fry in the first XV. He was capped five times for England and captained Somerset in 1897.[2]

Post rugby, Carey was a schoolmaster at Sherborne School.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Late Mr. G. M. Carey . Exeter and Plymouth Gazette . 22 December 1927.
  2. News: The Scholar Athlete . . 25 January 1928.
  3. News: Sherbourne Master's Death . . 23 December 1927.