James Bordass
| Full name | James Harrison Bordass | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 July 1903 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | December 1972 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Royal Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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James Harrison Bordass (2 July 1903 – December 1972) was an English international rugby union player.
Raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, Bordass was captain of the rugby team at Royal Grammar School and attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, winning blues for rugby.[1][2]
Bordass, a centre, toured South Africa with the British Lions in 1924 and appeared in 11 of the fixtures. He also played for Cleckheaton, Newcastle, Northumberland and Richmond.[1][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "#215 James Bordass". British & Irish Lions.
- ^ "Cleckheaton's Captain". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 26 May 1932.
- ^ "British Players For South Africa". The North Star. 13 May 1924.
Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1972 deaths
- English rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Newcastle upon Tyne
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Newcastle Falcons players
- Richmond F.C. players
- Northumberland RFU players
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- People educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 20th-century English sportsmen