Robert Thompson Foulds (27 April 1906 – 28 February 1987) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Robert Thompson Foulds | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 April 1906 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | West Derby, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 February 1987 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Uckfield, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | King William's College | ||||||||||||||||
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Foulds was born in West Derby, Liverpool, and educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man. He joined Waterloo while still a schoolboy and was a member of their junior sides for several seasons before making the first XV in 1924–25, then progressing into the Lancashire representative team a season later.[1]
A strong scrummager, Foulds was only the second Waterloo forward, after Joe Periton, to gain an England cap.[2] He was capped twice during the 1929 Five Nations. His debut against Wales at Twickenham was as a front-rower and he was moved to the back-row for their match with Ireland at the same ground.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "R. T. Foulds Rapid Advance". Liverpool Daily Post. 10 January 1929.
- ^ "R. T. Foulds To Play For His Club Only". Liverpool Evening Express. 13 October 1931.
- ^ "International's Day". Liverpool Evening Express. 2 April 1932.
External links
edit- Roy Foulds at ESPNscrum