Victor Sydney James Harding (18 June 1932 – 24 November 2017) was an English international

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player. Born in

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, Harding was educated at

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and the

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, where he won three rugby blues. He also played rugby for Middlesex, Sale,

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and the Edinburgh Wanderers. Harding, a lock, was capped six times by

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during the early 1960s while a Saracens player. He debuted against France in the 1961 Five Nations Championship and scored England's only try in a 5–5 draw.

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Victor Harding
at England Rugby {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Victor 1932 births 2017 deaths English rugby union players England international rugby union players Rugby union players from the London Borough of Southwark Rugby union locks Saracens F.C. players Edinburgh Wanderers players Middlesex County RFU players Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players Alumni of the University of Cambridge People educated at St Marylebone Grammar School 20th-century English sportsmen

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