Henry Vassall
British Lions international rugby union footballer
Rugby player
Birth name | Henry Holland Vassall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1887-03-23)23 March 1887 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Torrington, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 October 1949(1949-10-08) (aged 62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Bedford School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Harry Vassall, (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henry Holland "Jumbo" Vassall (23 March 1887 – 8 October 1949)[1] was an English rugby union player, best known as a centre for Oxford University in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1908 Vassall played a single international rugby game for England and that same year for the Anglo-Welsh team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.
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- ^ Jumbo Vassall international rugby profile Scrum.com
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British Lions (Anglo-Welsh) – 1908 New Zealand and Australia tour
- Archer (Guy's Hospital)
- Dibble (Bridgwater)
- Down (Bristol)
- R.K. Green (Neath)
- Harding (Cardiff) (capt)
- Hind (Guy's Hospital)
- Jackson (Leicester)
- Kyrke (Marlborough Nomads)
- E. Morgan (Swansea)
- Oldham (Coventry)
- Ritson (Northern)
- T. W. Smith (Leicester)
- L. S. Thomas (Penarth)
- Jack Williams (London Welsh)
- Chapman (Westoe)
- Davey (Redruth)
- Dyke (Penarth)
- Gibbs (Cardiff)
- Griffiths (Newport)
- Jackett (Leicester)
- Jack Jones (Pontypool)
- James Jones (Guy's Hospital)
- Laxon (Cambridge University)
- McEvedy (Guy's Hospital)
- W.L. Morgan (Cardiff)
- Vassall (Blackheath)
- G.L. Williams (Liverpool)
- Johnnie Williams (Cardiff)
Manager: George Harnett