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Birth name | Cecil Ashworth Kershaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dacca, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 3 February 1895||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 November 1972 Worthing, West Sussex, England | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cecil Ashworth Kershaw (3 February 1895 – 1 November 1972) was a British Olympian and England rugby international during the 1920s. [1]
Kershaw was an Olympic fencer who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games [2] He was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 1920, 1925 and 1926. [3]
He was also a rugby union player who represented the Royal Navy as a scrum-half and was capped by England 16 times between 1920 and 1923. [4] Kershaw formed a notable half-back partnership with W. J. A. Davies for both the Navy and England; in their 14 matches together for England they never finished on the losing side.
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Birth name | Cecil Ashworth Kershaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dacca, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 3 February 1895||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 November 1972 Worthing, West Sussex, England | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing |
Cecil Ashworth Kershaw (3 February 1895 – 1 November 1972) was a British Olympian and England rugby international during the 1920s. [1]
Kershaw was an Olympic fencer who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games [2] He was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 1920, 1925 and 1926. [3]
He was also a rugby union player who represented the Royal Navy as a scrum-half and was capped by England 16 times between 1920 and 1923. [4] Kershaw formed a notable half-back partnership with W. J. A. Davies for both the Navy and England; in their 14 matches together for England they never finished on the losing side.