William Henry Thorman
Birth name | William Henry Thorman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 August 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Seaham, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 August 1922 | (aged 52)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bournemouth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Richmond School West Riding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | medical doctor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Henry Thorman (29 August 1869 – 13 August 1922)
Personal life
Thorman was born in
Rugby career
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Thorman first came to note as a rugby player when he was selected for the Cambridge University team, though he never played in The Varsity Match so did not win a sporting blue for rugby. Having just finished his time at Cambridge, he was invited to join Bill Maclagan's British Isles team on a tour of South Africa. Thorman played in all six of the first encounters against regional and invitational teams, all wins for the tourists. But after the match against Port Elizabeth on 25 July, Thorman played no further games in the twenty match tour, including all three Test matches against the South Africans.[2] This was because he suffered a knee injury. On returning to Britain, Thorman joined
Notes
- ^ a b "Thorman, William Henry (THRN887WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ WH Thorman player profile Lionsrugby.com
- ^ Honours Board - St. Thomas's Hospital Rugby Football Club Captains guysrugby.com
- ^ Starmer-Smith (1977), pg 231.
References
- Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
- Starmer-Smith, Nigel (1977). The Barbarians. Macdonald & Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0-86007-552-4.