Ernest Caddell
| Full name | Ernest Duncan Caddell | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 November 1881 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 May 1942 (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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] He had several overseas postings over the next two decades before retiring in 1936, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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
[edit]- Ernest Caddell at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 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