Full name | Ronald Edward Syrett | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 January 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amersham, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 20 May 2018 | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Beaconsfield, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | Royal Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Ronald Edward Syrett (5 January 1931 - 20 May 2018) was an English international rugby union player.
Syrett, the son of a butcher, grew up in Buckinghamshire and was educated at Wycombe Royal Grammar School. [1]
A flanker, Syrett earned 11 England caps and was part of a Five Nations Championship title win in 1958. [2] He made representative appearances for London Counties and Middlesex, while playing his club rugby with Wasps. [1]
Syrett married the sister of England winger Ted Woodward. [3] His younger brother, Dennis Syrett, was goalkeeper on the Wycombe Wanderers side that contested the 1957 FA Amateur Cup final at Wembley. [1]
Full name | Ronald Edward Syrett | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 January 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amersham, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 20 May 2018 | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Beaconsfield, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | Royal Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Ronald Edward Syrett (5 January 1931 - 20 May 2018) was an English international rugby union player.
Syrett, the son of a butcher, grew up in Buckinghamshire and was educated at Wycombe Royal Grammar School. [1]
A flanker, Syrett earned 11 England caps and was part of a Five Nations Championship title win in 1958. [2] He made representative appearances for London Counties and Middlesex, while playing his club rugby with Wasps. [1]
Syrett married the sister of England winger Ted Woodward. [3] His younger brother, Dennis Syrett, was goalkeeper on the Wycombe Wanderers side that contested the 1957 FA Amateur Cup final at Wembley. [1]