Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst (1 October 1935 – 15 March 2011) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 October 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 March 2011 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Dragon School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Solicitor | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Cairo, Egypt, Hurst was the youngest son of hydrologist Harold Edwin Hurst and a descendant of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Raised in Oxfordshire, Hurst was educated at the Dragon School and University of Oxford.[1]
An Oxfordshire Youth Services product, Hurst played his senior rugby with Wasps and was capped once by England, as a winger against Scotland at Murrayfield during the 1962 Five Nations Championship.[2]
Hurst was a solicitor by profession. He met his wife Bernadita Barriga on a rugby union tour to Chile.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ward, Robert (2013). Wealth and Notoriety. ISBN 1291334777.
- ^ "Scots favourites but England will be hard to beat". Daily Post. 17 March 1962.
- ^ Chipperfield, John (12 November 2012). "Rugby player caught bride". Oxford Mail.
External links
edit- Andrew Hurst at ESPNscrum
- Andrew Hurst at England Rugby