Richard John Palmer Madge (19 December 1914 – 22 November 1996) was an English rugby union player.[1]
| Full name | Richard John Palmer Madge | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 December 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 November 1996 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Exeter, Madge served with the Royal Artillery during the war, before getting called up by England at the back end of his career. He was capped four times as England scrum-half in 1948, debuting against the Wallabies at Twickenham. A knee ligament injury, suffered nine minutes into a Five Nations match against Scotland, ended his run in the side and ruled him out for the remainder of the season.[2]
Madge, a surveyor by profession, was managing director of a building firm.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Keating, Frank (3 November 2010). "How the original All Blacks went down in the annals of history". The Guardian.
- ^ "Madge Out Of 1948 Rugby". Herald Express. 22 March 1948.
- ^ "Tributes to director". Gloucestershire Echo. 2 December 1996.
External links
edit- Richard Madge at ESPNscrum