About Matthew Bradby
Lived 1899 – 1963 (aged 64). Matthew Bradby was a rugby union player.
Matthew Seymour Bradby (25 March 1899 – 11 June 1963) was an English international rugby union player.
Bradby was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, and educated at Rugby School, where his father was a master from 1892 to 1929, as well as the house master of School Field. He was the first England international produced by the Rugby Lions, gaining two caps as a centre in the 1922 Five Nations, and also played rugby in the Royal Navy.
A Royal Navy commander, Bradby was captain of Heswall Nautical School in Cheshire immediately after World War II and in 1950 became commanding officer of the training ship HMS Mercury.
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Matthew Bradby was born on 25 March 1899.
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Matthew Bradby died on 11 June 1963.
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Matthew Bradby was a rugby union player.
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