About John Bance
Lived 1925 – 2009 (aged 84). John Bance was a rugby union player.
John Forsyth Bance (15 January 1925 – 19 June 2009) was an English international rugby union player.
Bance was born in Kingsclere, Hampshire. He attended Radley College and Clare College, Cambridge.
A lock, Bance captained Bedford and was an East Midlands representative player, featuring in their 1950–51 County Championship-winning side. He took part in his first England trials in 1951, then got his solitary call up three years later, playing in their Calcutta Cup win over Scotland Murrayfield.
Bance farmed in Cambridgeshire for the remainder of his life.
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John Bance was born on 15 January 1925.
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John Bance died on 19 June 2009.
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