Rugby player
| Birth name | Victor Charles Le Fanu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1865-10-14)14 October 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 August 1939(1939-08-09) (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bray, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Haileybury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Sheridan Le Fanu paternal uncle Henry Le Fanu, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Land agent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1865 – 9 August 1939) was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne.
Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team. He won three sporting Blues, playing in all three Varsity matches from 1884-1886.
His father was William Le Fanu, a Commissioner of the Irish Board of Works, who more famously was the brother of Sheridan Le Fanu.
International career
Le Fanu was first capped for Ireland on 6 February 1886 in a home game against England. Le Fanu, still at Cambridge, had a difficult start which saw England win comfortably, in front of a then record crowd of 7,000. Le Fanu would represent Ireland on 11 occasions, and in 1892 he captained the team in all three home nation matches.
International matches played
Bibliography
- Griffiths, Terry (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
References
- Meddows-Taylor genealogy
- Interment.net Saint Patrick Anglican Churchyard Powerscourt, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland.
- Griffiths (1987), 12:24.
- "Le Fanu, Victor Charles (L884VC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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- 1865 births
- 1939 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Cambridge R.U.F.C. players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Ireland national rugby union team captains
- Irish rugby union players
- Lansdowne Football Club players
- People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union players from Dublin (city)
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Le Fanu family