Gordon Short Sturtridge (16 September 1906 — 16 September 1963) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]
| Full name | Gordon Short Sturtridge | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 September 1906 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Emmaville, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 September 1963 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Sturtridge was born in Emmaville, New South Wales and educated at Brisbane Boys' College.[2]
Primarily a fly-half, Sturtridge played for Melbourne University during his medical studies and was a Victorian interstate representative. He became Victoria's first Wallaby in 1929 when he debuted against the touring All Blacks at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground and was capped nine times for his country in total, including all five Tests on the 1933 tour of South Africa. His Wallabies appearances were made mostly as a centre.[2]
Sturtridge took up a job at England's Northampton General Hospital in 1933 armed with his medical degree and continued his rugby career with Rosslyn Park. He captained Northampton from 1938 to 1941, then in 1950 was appointed club president, a position he still held at the time of his death in 1963.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Surprise For The Wallabies". Labor Daily. 6 September 1933. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Gordon Short Sturtridge". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "G. S. Sturtridge Dies". The Guardian Journal. 17 September 1963.
External links
edit- Gordon Sturtridge at ESPNscrum