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Pop Dunkley
Philip Edward Dunkley (9 August 1904 – 17 June 1985) was an English international rugby union player. Born in Charwelton, outside Daventry, Northamptonshire, Dunkley moved to the town of Rugby following his father's death and was educated at Lawrence Sheriff School, before ending up at Royal Orphanage of Wolverhampton. Dunkley, a number eight, competed for Old Laurentians, Leicester and Harlequins. He also made several appearances with the Barbarians and was captain of Warwickshire. Capped six times for England, Dunkley featured in two of England's 1931 Five Nations matches, was notably part of their first ever win over the All Blacks at Twickenham in 1936, then played all three 1936 Home Nations matches. He was a member of the 1936 British Lions tour to Argentina. See also *List of England national rugby union players This article represents a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team, in the order that they received their first Cap (sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daventry
Daventry ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Daventry had a population of 28,123, making it the List of settlements in Northamptonshire by population, sixth-largest town in Northamptonshire. Geography The town is located north-north-west of London via the M1 motorway, west of Northampton, south-west of Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby and north-north-east of Banbury. Other nearby places include Southam, Coventry and the villages of Ashby St Ledgers, Badby, Barby, Northamptonshire, Barby, Braunston, Byfield, Northamptonshire, Byfield, Charwelton, Dodford, Northamptonshire, Dodford, Dunchurch, Everdon, Fawsley, Hellidon, Kilsby, Long Buckby, Newnham, Northamptonshire, Newnham, Norton, Northamptonshire, Norton, Staverton, Northamptonshire, Staverton, Welton, Northamptonshire, Welton, Weedon Bec, Weedon and W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 British Lions Tour To Argentina
The 1936 British Lions tour of Argentina was a series of rugby union matches arranged between the British Lions and various Argentine teams. The tourists played ten matches, nine of which were against club and combined teams while one match took in a full Argentina national team. Despite being sanctioned by the International Rugby Board, no caps were awarded to players from either side. This was the third and final international tour to South America by a combined British team, and although classed as the British Lions, it was predominantly English, with a handful of Scottish and Irish players. The Lions won all the games played, scoring 399 points and conceding only 12. Background By 1936 Argentine rugby was in expansion and growth. Four years earlier, the Junior Springboks had visited the country to play several matches. In 1933 two South African players, Wollie Wolheim and Rybeck Elliot returned to Argentina to play for local team Hindú, which was considered by the Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwickshire County RFU Players
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to the south, and Worcestershire and the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county to the west. The largest settlement is Nuneaton and the county town is Warwick. The county is largely rural; it has an area of and a population of 571,010. After Nuneaton (88,813), the largest settlements are Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby (78,125), Leamington Spa (50,923), Warwick (36,665), Bedworth (31,090) and Stratford-upon-Avon (30,495). For Local government in England, local government purposes, Warwickshire is a non-metropolitan county with five districts. The county Historic counties of England, historically included the city of Coventry and the area to its west, including Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Coldfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
