Freddie Spence
| Full name | Frederick William Spence | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 May 1867 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Claughton, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 July 1937 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Frederick William Spence (12 May 1867 – 25 July 1937) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Claughton, Birkenhead, Spence attended Birkenhead School and was the first Old Birkonian to be capped for England, as well as the first produced by Cheshire.[1] He made his only international appearance in a 1890 match against Ireland at Blackheath, deputising for halfback Francis Hugh Fox.[2]
Spence, initially a stockbroker, immigrated to Australia during the 1890s and worked as a tutor in Sydney. He received the Royal Humane Society's bravery award in 1893 for saving the life of a drowning woman in Sydney harbour.[3] After moving to Western Australia, Spence was employed by the state's Mines Department and became acting warden of the Ravensthorpe goldfield. He resigned from the department in 1921 and retired to Esperance.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby Reflections". Stockport Advertiser. 14 December 1934.
- ^ "Football Notes". Liverpool Mercury. 17 March 1890.
- ^ "For Bravery". National Advocate. 25 September 1893. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Death Of Ex-Warden F. W. Spence". Western Argus. 3 August 1937. p. 35 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Freddie Spence at ESPNscrum