Antony Warr
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Antony Lawley 'Tim' Warr (May 15, 1913 - January 29, 1995) was an English rugby union player who represented the England national rugby union team
. He also played first-class cricket
with Oxford University
.
Warr's two national caps came during the 1934 Home Nations Championship
, where England claimed the triple crown. A winger, he scored a try on debut against Wales and made his other appearance against Ireland.
He played club rugby for Old Leodiensians before joining Wakefield
during the 1936/37 season, scoring fourteen tries in twelve games in the two seasons he spent at the club. He also played seven times for Yorkshire and gained a blue for Oxford.
As a cricketer, Warr kept wicket for Oxford University in four first-class matches in 1933 and 1934. He spent some time playing with the Army during the 1940s and in 1950 he represented the Marylebone Cricket Club
in a first-class match against Ireland in Dublin.
During the second world war, he was the officer in charge of PT at Sandhurst
A school teacher by profession, he taught at Leeds Grammar School before teaching at Harrow school for over thirty years where he designed the Harrow first XV pitch
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
. He also played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
with Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
.
Warr's two national caps came during the 1934 Home Nations Championship
1934 Home Nations Championship
The 1934 Home Nations Championship was the thirtieth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the forty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches...
, where England claimed the triple crown. A winger, he scored a try on debut against Wales and made his other appearance against Ireland.
He played club rugby for Old Leodiensians before joining Wakefield
Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism...
during the 1936/37 season, scoring fourteen tries in twelve games in the two seasons he spent at the club. He also played seven times for Yorkshire and gained a blue for Oxford.
As a cricketer, Warr kept wicket for Oxford University in four first-class matches in 1933 and 1934. He spent some time playing with the Army during the 1940s and in 1950 he represented the Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
in a first-class match against Ireland in Dublin.
During the second world war, he was the officer in charge of PT at Sandhurst
A school teacher by profession, he taught at Leeds Grammar School before teaching at Harrow school for over thirty years where he designed the Harrow first XV pitch