Robert Bradshaw (rugby union)
| Full name | Robert MacNevin Bradshaw | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 May 1861 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 December 1907 (aged 46) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Ballinascorney, Brittas, County Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert MacNevin Bradshaw (27 May 1861 – 23 December 1907) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Gorey, County Wexford, Bradshaw was described as a "middle-weight forward of great pace and dash" by Dublin newspaper Sport, and was said to be particularly injury prone.[1] He played his rugby for Wanderers in Dublin and captained the club to the 1885 Leinster Senior Cup title. His three Ireland appearances also came in 1885. He served as club president of Wanderers and founded their clubhouse on South Frederick Street.[2]
Bradshaw ran a land agency business in Dublin.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Irish Fifteen, 1885". Sport (Dublin). 31 January 1885.
- ^ "Death of Mr. Robert Bradshaw". Evening Irish Times. 24 December 1907.
- ^ "Death of Mr. R. M. Bradshaw". Irish Field. 28 December 1907.
External links
[edit]- Robert Bradshaw at ESPNscrum