Walter Butcher
| Full name | Walter Vincent Butcher | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 February 1878 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tooting Graveney, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 August 1957 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Walter Vincent Butcher (2 February 1878 – 16 August 1957) was an English international rugby union player.
Butcher was born in Surrey and attended Carlisle Grammar School.[1]
A scrum-half, Butcher played his early rugby in London, but won his England selection via Bristol and was capped seven times from 1903 to 1905.[2] He was regarded as a clever player and solid in defence. For his initial England appearances, Butcher was a halfback partner to Pat Hancock, a former Streatham teammate.[3]
Butcher was a railway engineer by profession and served as an officer in the Royal Engineers during World War I.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rugby medal awarded to Major Walter Butcher, Royal Engineers, 1919". collection.nam.ac.uk.
- ^ "Record Rise To Fame". Western Daily Press. 6 December 1930.
- ^ "W. V. Butcher". South Wales Daily News. 14 January 1905.
External links
[edit]- Walter Butcher at ESPNscrum