Gordon Cridlan
| Full name | Arthur Gordon Cridlan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 July 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ealing, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 January 1993 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Uppingham School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Hotel manager | ||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Gordon Cridlan (9 July 1909 – 17 January 1993) was an English international rugby union player.
Cridlan was born in Ealing and attended Uppingham School, where he captained the rugby team in 1926–27.[1]
A three-time Oxford blue, Cridlan spent the remainder of his rugby career with Blackheath and in 1935 played wing-forward for England in three Home Nations matches, debuting against Wales at Twickenham.[2]
Cridlan was director of the Regent Hotel in Leamington Spa.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Blue For A. G. Cridlan". The Citizen. 29 November 1928.
- ^ "Can Giles Hold Veteran Powell?". Daily Mirror. 19 January 1935.
- ^ "Hotel boss saw transformation". Warwick Courier. 22 January 1993.
External links
[edit]- Gordon Cridlan at ESPNscrum