Victor Le Fanu Explained

Victor Le Fanu
Birth Name:Victor Charles Le Fanu
Birth Date:1865 10, df=y
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Bray, Ireland
Ru Position:Flanker, Scrum half
Ru Amateuryears:1884-1886
Ru Amateurclubs:Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
Lansdowne Football Club
Ru Nationalteam:Ireland
Ru Nationalyears:1886-1892
Ru Nationalcaps:11
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
Occupation:Land agent[1]
Relatives:Sheridan Le Fanu paternal uncle
Henry Le Fanu, brother
School:Haileybury
University:Trinity College, Cambridge

Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1865 – 9 August 1939)[2] [3] was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne.

Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team. He won three sporting Blues, playing in all three Varsity matches from 1884-1886.

His father was William Le Fanu, a Commissioner of the Irish Board of Works, who more famously was the brother of Sheridan Le Fanu.

International career

Le Fanu was first capped for Ireland on 6 February 1886 in a home game against England. Le Fanu, still at Cambridge, had a difficult start which saw England win comfortably, in front of a then record crowd of 7,000. Le Fanu would represent Ireland on 11 occasions, and in 1892 he captained the team in all three home nation matches.

International matches played

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.meddows-taylor.com/Pollock.htm Meddows-Taylor genealogy
  2. http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/wicklow/stpatrick/index.htm Interment.net
  3. Griffiths (1987), 12:24.