Henry Vassall Explained

Henry Vassall
Birth Name:Henry Holland Vassall
Birth Date:23 March 1887
Birth Place:Torrington, England
Death Place:England
Position:Centre
Amatteam1:Oxford University RFC
Amatteam2:Yeovil
Amatteam3:East Midlands
Amatteam4:Somerset
Amatteam5:Barbarian F.C.
Repteam1:England
Repteam2:Anglo-Welsh
Repyears1:1908
Repyears2:1908
Repcaps1:1
Repcaps2:3
Reppoints1:0
Reppoints2:0
Relatives:Harry Vassall, (uncle)
School:Bedford School

Henry Holland "Jumbo" Vassall (23 March 1887 – 8 October 1949)[1] was an English rugby union player, best known as a centre for Oxford University in the first decade of the 20th century. In 1908 Vassall played a single international rugby game for England and that same year for the Anglo-Welsh team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/1951.html Jumbo Vassall international rugby profile