John Bance | |
Full Name: | John Forsyth Bance |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1925 |
Birth Place: | Kingsclere, Hants, England |
School: | Radley College |
University: | Clare College, Cambridge |
Position: | Lock |
Repyears1: | 1954 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Forsyth Bance (15 January 1925 – 19 June 2009) was an English international rugby union player.
Bance was born in Kingsclere, Hampshire. He attended Radley College and Clare College, Cambridge.[1]
A lock, Bance captained Bedford and was an East Midlands representative player, featuring in their 1950–51 County Championship-winning side.[2] He took part in his first England trials in 1951, then got his solitary call up three years later, playing in their Calcutta Cup win over Scotland Murrayfield.[3]
Bance farmed in Cambridgeshire for the remainder of his life.[1]