Philip Edward Dunkley (9 August 1904 – 17 June 1985) was an English international

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player. Born in

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, outside Daventry, Northamptonshire, Dunkley moved to the town of

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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,

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and Harlequins. He also made several appearances with the

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and was captain of

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. Capped six times for

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, Dunkley featured in two of England's 1931 Five Nations matches, was notably part of their first ever win over the

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at Twickenham in 1936, then played all three 1936 Home Nations matches. He was a member of the 1936 British Lions tour to Argentina.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunkley, Pop 1904 births 1985 deaths English rugby union players England international rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Northamptonshire Leicester Tigers players Harlequin F.C. players Barbarian F.C. players Warwickshire County RFU players People educated at Lawrence Sheriff School 20th-century English sportsmen

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