Henry Vassall
Encyclopedia
Henry Holland "Jumbo" Vassall (23 March 1887 - 9 October 1949) was an English
rugby union
player, best known as a centre for Oxford University
in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1908 Vassall played a single international rugby game for England
and that same year for the Anglo-Welsh
team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
rugby union
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, best known as a centre for Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1908 Vassall played a single international rugby game for England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
and that same year for the Anglo-Welsh
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.