| Full name | Deneys Harald Swayne | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1909-11-23)23 November 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roorkee, British India | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 September 1990(1990-09-09) (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Mendip, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Bromsgrove School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Worcester College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Deneys Harald Swayne (23 November 1909 – 9 September 1990) was an English international rugby union player.
The son of a lieutenant colonel, Swayne was born in Roorkee, British India, and attended Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire, before further studies at Worcester College, Oxford, and St George's Hospital.
Swayne was a varsity player at Oxford and gained one England cap, as a wing-forward in a 1931 Five Nations match against Wales at Twickenham, which ended in a 11–11 draw.
In World War II, Swayne served as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was wounded in Normandy.
Swayne was a general practitioner in Stevenage for 35 years, before retiring to Ditcheat, Somerset.
See also
References
- ^ "3 November 1990". British Medical Journal. 301: 1044.
- "Thrilling Finish to Exiting Game". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 19 January 1931.
- "Well-known Ditcheat doctor dies". Shepton Mallet Journal. 20 September 1990.
External links
- Deneys Swayne at ESPNscrum
- 1909 births
- 1990 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- People from British India
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Oxford University RFC players
- Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
- People educated at Bromsgrove School
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- People from Haridwar district
- 20th-century English sportsmen