John Scholfield (rugby union)
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Full nameJohn Arthur Scholfield
Born6 April 1888
Lytham St Annes, England
Died14 September 1967 (aged 79)
Barnstaple, England
SchoolSedbergh School
| Full name | John Arthur Scholfield | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 April 1888 Lytham St Annes, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 September 1967 (aged 79) Barnstaple, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Sedbergh School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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John Arthur Scholfield (6 April 1888 – 14 September 1967) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Scholfield was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, and attended Sedbergh School.[2]
A Cambridge rugby blue, Scholfield played locally for the Preston Grasshoppers and was capped for England as a centre three-quarter against Wales at Swansea in 1911.[3]
Scholfield was also a Lancashire Second XI cricketer and competed at the English Amateur Golf Championships, as did two brothers.[2]
In World War I, Scholfield served with the 6/7th Battalions of the Manchester Regiment and was held as a prisoner of war for the last nine months of the conflict.[2]