About John Scholfield
Lived 1888 – 1967 (aged 79). John Scholfield was a rugby union player, military personnel and golfer.
John Arthur Scholfield (6 April 1888 – 14 September 1967) was an English international rugby union player.
Scholfield was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, and attended Sedbergh School.
A Cambridge rugby blue, Scholfield played locally for the Preston Grasshoppers and was capped for England as a centre three-quarter against Wales at Swansea in 1911.
Scholfield was also a Lancashire Second XI cricketer and competed at the English Amateur Golf Championships, as did two brothers.
In World War I, Scholfield served with the 6/7th Battalions of the Manchester Regiment and was held as a prisoner of war for the last nine months of the conflict.
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Who was John Scholfield?
rugby player
When was John Scholfield born?
John Scholfield was born on 6 April 1888.
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John Scholfield died on 14 September 1967.
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John Scholfield was a rugby union player, military personnel and golfer.
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