Matthew Bradby

Matthew Bradby
Full nameMatthew Seymour Bradby
Date of birth(1899-03-25)25 March 1899
Place of birthRugby, England
Date of death11 June 1963(1963-06-11) (aged 64)
Place of deathnear Shatterbury, England
SchoolRugby School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1922 England 2 (0)

Matthew Seymour Bradby (25 March 1899 – 11 June 1963) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

Bradby was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, and educated at Rugby School, where his father was a master from 1892 to 1929, as well as the house master of School Field. He was the first England international produced by the Rugby Lions, gaining two caps as a centre in the 1922 Five Nations, and also played rugby in the Royal Navy.[2][3]

A Royal Navy commander, Bradby was captain of Heswall Nautical School in Cheshire immediately after World War II and in 1950 became commanding officer of the HMS Mercury training ship.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Looking Ahead". Edinburgh Evening News. 27 February 1922.
  2. ^ a b "CDR. M.S. Bradby's Death". Rugby Advertiser. 14 June 1963.
  3. ^ "A Rugby International". Rugby Advertiser. 3 February 1922.