| Full name | Ernest Duncan Caddell | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1881-11-18)18 November 1881 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 May 1942(1942-05-27) (aged 60) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Farnham, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Duncan Caddell (18 November 1881 — 27 May 1942) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, Caddell attended Portora Royal School and Trinity College Dublin.
Caddell was a Dublin University and Wanderers halfback, capped 13 times for Ireland from 1904 to 1908, often forming a halfback combination with Thomas Robinson. He scored two tries in a win over England at Lansdowne Road in 1907.
A British Army officer, Caddell served with the Field Ambulance in World War I, during which he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded with the Military Cross. He had several overseas postings over the next two decades before retiring in 1936, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
See also
References
- ^ Thom's Irish Who's Who. Dalcassian Publishing Company. 1923. p. 29.
- "Big Rugby Game Recalled". Belfast Telegraph. 5 June 1942.
- "Capt E. D. Caddell". Sport (Dublin). 24 October 1914.
External links
- Ernest Caddell at ESPNscrum
- 1881 births
- 1942 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Rugby union players from County Louth
- Sportspeople from Dundalk
- Dublin University Football Club players
- Wanderers F.C. (rugby union) players
- People educated at Portora Royal School
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- British Army officers
- British military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Military Cross