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Rugby player
Bernard Croft
Birth nameBernard Hugh Denman Croft
Date of birth(1903-08-24)24 August 1903
Place of birthArmidale, New South Wales
Date of death27 February 1984 (aged 80)
Place of deathArmidale, New South Wales
SchoolThe Armidale School
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1928 Wallabies 1 (2)

Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle (24 August 1903 – 27 February 1984) was an Australian rugby union player. Croft, a wing, claimed one international rugby cap for Australia.

Croft was born in Boorolong station, Armidale, New South Wales, the son of Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Baronet, and Lucy Taylor.

He died at Armidale in 1984.

References

  1. ^ "Scrum.com player profile of Bernard Croft". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 1995. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-333-41776-8. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. "Births". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 1903. p. 4.
  4. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 535. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 February 1984. p. 25.


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