Joseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford (5 March 1881 – 29 July 1916) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Joseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 March 1881 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Landkey, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 July 1916 (aged 35) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Khartoum, Sudan | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Marlborough College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Exeter College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Ernest Sandford (father) | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Civil servant | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBorn in Landkey, Devon, Sandford was the son of Ernest Sandford, the Archdeacon of Exeter.[1]
Sandford attended Marlborough College and Exeter College, Oxford, where he was a rugby blue. He also played rugby for Devon and was capped once for England as a centre three-quarter against Ireland in 1906.[2]
Employed by the Sudan Civil Service, Sandford fell ill and died in Khartoum in 1916, aged 35.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Court and Personal". Western Morning News. 8 August 1916.
- ^ "England v. Ireland". Evening Post. 10 February 1906.
- ^ "Exonian's Death". Western Times. 8 August 1916.
External links
edit- Joseph Sandford at ESPNscrum