Anthony Henniker-Gotley

Anthony Henniker-Gotley

Birth name	Anthony Lefroy Henniker-Gotley
Date of birth	2 March 1887
Place of birth	Tysoe, Warwickshire, England
Date of death	4 May 1972(1972-05-04) (aged 85)
Place of death	Torbay, England
School	Tonbridge School
University	University of Oxford
Occupation(s)	Lawyer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Surrey Kent () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1910–1911 1910   Combined British 6 1 Pts:0

Anthony Henniker-Gotley (2 March 1887 – 4 May 1972) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1910 to 1911.^[1] He also captained that country.^[1]

Early life

Anthony Henniker-Gotley was born on 2 March 1887 in Tysoe, Warwickshire.^[1] He was the son of a vicar, the Revd George Henniker Gotley MA.

Rugby union career

Henniker-Gotley played as a scrum half for his school,

.

Henniker-Gotley made his international debut on 3 March 1910 at Parc des Princes in the France vs England match.^[1] Of the 6 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 4 occasions.

Henniker-Gotley was also an early British and Irish Lion, representing the Combined British in the 1910 tour of Argentina, in which he featured in the only international match against the host nation.

Career outside sport

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Henniker-Gotley moved to Rhodesia in 1911. During the First World War he served in the North Rhodesia Police and served in East Africa. He was a political officer in Tanganyika from 1918 to 1923 and called to the Bar in 1923. He then became the District Commissioner in Tanganyika in 1923, and served in this capacity until 1926. From 1926 he went into business in Durban until 1933 and then became Bursar and assistant master at St Columba's College, Dublin, from 1934 to 1936.

From 1936 he acted as a Temporary Education Officer for the

in 1941. Following the war he was a civilian Substitution Officer with the RAF until 1947.

Personal and later life

Henniker-Gotley married Nora McMaster (17 May 1894 to 31 July 1979) on 2 June 1923. Her father was the

. He died on 4 May 1972.

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