| Birth name | Kenneth Moncrieff Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 September 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kolkata, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 August 1984 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Saint Peter Port, Guernsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Wright (6 September 1905 – 1 August 1984) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He was captain of the Cheltenham College team.[2]
Wright played for London Scottish.[3]
He played for the Army Rugby Union from 1927 to 1930.[4]
In January 1938 he started playing for Stoke-on-Trent.[5]
Provincial career
He was picked for the Anglo-Scots side to play the Provinces District on 21 December 1929.[6][7]
International career
Military career
He went to the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich. He joined the 12th Field Brigade in India, and then appointed to an Indian Field Brigade at Bangalore 4 years later. He moved back to England where he was promoted to captain. He was posted to the 27th Field Brigade at Colchester.[4]
Family
He was a son of E. Wright of Guernsey.[4]
References
- ↑ "Kenneth Moncrieff Wright". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19231013/169/0008
- ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- 1 2 3 4 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19380117/076/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19380121/365/0014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19291213/025/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291209/135/0010 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Kenneth Wright - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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