David Perry (rugby player)
Encyclopedia
David Gordon Perry is a former international rugby union
player and captain.
Perry was capped fifteen times for England between 1963 and 1966, making thirteen appearances at number eight and two at lock. He scored two international tries, and captained England in all four internationals in the 1965 Five Nations Championship
.
He played for Cambridge
in the 1958 Varsity match
and played club rugby for Bedford
.
A biography of David Perry can been found at http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/p/8716/David+Gordon.aspx .
David and his wife Dorne have two grown-up daughters.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player and captain.
Perry was capped fifteen times for England between 1963 and 1966, making thirteen appearances at number eight and two at lock. He scored two international tries, and captained England in all four internationals in the 1965 Five Nations Championship
1965 Five Nations Championship
The 1965 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played...
.
He played for Cambridge
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
in the 1958 Varsity match
The Varsity Match
The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. By tradition, the match is held on the second Tuesday of December. In 2005, however, this changed, and the match was on Tuesday 6 December. In 2007, it was held on a Thursday for...
and played club rugby for Bedford
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...
.
A biography of David Perry can been found at http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/p/8716/David+Gordon.aspx .
David and his wife Dorne have two grown-up daughters.