Herbert Archer (14 August 1883 – 26 December 1946) was an English international rugby union player.
| Date of birth | 14 August 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bridgwater, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 December 1946 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | West Penwith, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Blundell's School | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | General practitioner / Surgeon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Archer was educated at Blundell's School in Devon from 1896 to 1903, before further studies at the University of Bristol and Guy's Hospital.[1]
Archer, a forward, played rugby for his hospital and Somerset club Bridgwater & Albion RFC. He went on tour in 1908 with the British Lions (then known as Anglo-Welsh) and made 18 appearances over the course of the trip, including all three internationals against the All Blacks. In 1909, Archer was capped three times for England.[2]
During World War I, Archer served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[2]
Archer was honorary surgeon at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and had a practice in Nether Stowey.[3] He retired to Edington and was spending Christmas with his daughter's family in Cornwall when he died in 1946.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Former Blundell's Rugby Player". Tiverton Gazette. 7 January 1947.
- ^ a b c "Player Rugby for England". Somerset County Herald. 4 January 1947.
- ^ "Former Surgeon At Bristol Infirmary". Western Daily Press. 31 December 1946.
External links
edit- Herbert Archer at ESPNscrum