Charles Kent (rugby player)
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Charles Phillip Kent played rugby union
for Rosslyn Park
and England
.
Charles Kent was born in Bridgwater
in Somerset
and educated at Blundell's School
in Tiverton and studied medicine between 1972-75 at Worcester College, Oxford
. Kent won four Blues playing for Oxford
including one as captain in 1974.
Kent played his early club rugby at Bridgwater and Albion rugby club, where he was an enthusiastic member until his death, and played at senior level for Rosslyn Park, appearing in the final of the John Player Cup at Twickenham
in 1976 when Park lost 23-14 to Gosforth
.
Kent made his England debut against Scotland
in 1977, the same year that former school colleague Vic Marks
, a decent scrum-half, made his England cricket debut. Kent scored a fine individual try against Scotland but made only four more international appearances before his medical workload saw him drop out of representative rugby. His last England appearance came as a replacement against France
in 1978.
Kent, a keen squash player and horseman, collapsed and died suddenly after riding out with a group of friends on Dartmoor.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
for Rosslyn Park
Rosslyn Park F.C.
Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in...
and England
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...
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Charles Kent was born in Bridgwater
Bridgwater
Bridgwater is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and a major industrial centre. Bridgwater is located on the major communication routes through South West England...
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
and educated at Blundell's School
Blundell's School
Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England. The school was founded in 1604 by the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the...
in Tiverton and studied medicine between 1972-75 at Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...
. Kent won four Blues playing for Oxford
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
including one as captain in 1974.
Kent played his early club rugby at Bridgwater and Albion rugby club, where he was an enthusiastic member until his death, and played at senior level for Rosslyn Park, appearing in the final of the John Player Cup at Twickenham
Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...
in 1976 when Park lost 23-14 to Gosforth
Gosforth Rugby Football Club
The Gosforth Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team, currently playing in the Durham & Northumberland Division 1. The club was established in 1877 and they play at Druid Park stadium in Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne...
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Kent made his England debut against Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
in 1977, the same year that former school colleague Vic Marks
Vic Marks
Vic Marks is a former Somerset and England cricketer, who played in six Tests and thirty four ODIs....
, a decent scrum-half, made his England cricket debut. Kent scored a fine individual try against Scotland but made only four more international appearances before his medical workload saw him drop out of representative rugby. His last England appearance came as a replacement against France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
in 1978.
Kent, a keen squash player and horseman, collapsed and died suddenly after riding out with a group of friends on Dartmoor.