Shaun Waide Explained

Shaun Waide
Full Name:Shaun Lockhart Waide
Birth Date:8 August 1912
Birth Place:Ballymena, Ireland
Death Place:Worksop, England
School:Sedbergh School
University:Brasenose College, Oxford
Position:Wing three-quarter
Repyears1:1932–33
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:9

Shaun Lockhart Waide (8 August 1912 — 26 February 1984) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Ballymena, Waide was educated at Sedbergh School and Brasenose College, Oxford.[1]

Waide, a wing three-quarter, was aged 19 when he represented Ulster against the touring 1931–32 Springboks.[2] This was followed by three Ireland caps in the 1932 Home Nations and he contributed a try in each of his appearances. He won his blues with Oxford University RFC in the 1932 Varsity Match and the following year gained another two caps for Ireland.[3] His career was ended by a spleen injury he received playing for Oxford University at Gloucester during the 1933–34 season and for a period his condition was listed as critical.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Local Connections . Ballymena Observer . 14 June 1984.
  2. News: Gold Cup Final . Ballymena Weekly Telegraph . 5 December 1931.
  3. News: S. L. Waide's Injury . . 28 November 1933.
  4. News: Oxford And Irish Rugby Player Goes Home . . 4 January 1934.