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| Birth name | Cecil Ashworth Kershaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1895-02-03)3 February 1895 Dacca, Dhaka, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 November 1972(1972-11-01) (aged 77) Worthing, West Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Fencing career
Kershaw was an Olympic fencer who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games He was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 1920, 1925 and 1926.
Rugby
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. 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.
References
- "Cecil Kershaw". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- "Cecil Kershaw Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- "Cecil Kershaw". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
External links
- Cecil Kershaw at ESPNscrum
- Cecil Kershaw at Olympedia
- Cecil Kershaw at Team GB