Bernard Croft

Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle (24 August 1903 – 27 February 1984) was an Australian rugby union player. Croft, a wing, claimed one international rugby cap for Australia.

Bernard Croft
Birth nameBernard Hugh Denman Croft[1]
Date of birth(1903-08-24)24 August 1903[1]
Place of birthArmidale, New South Wales
Date of death27 February 1984 (aged 80)
Place of deathArmidale, New South Wales
SchoolThe Armidale School
Spouse
Helen Margaret Weaver
(m. 1931)
[2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing[1]
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1928[1] Wallabies 1[1] (2[1])

Croft was born in Boorolong station, Armidale, New South Wales,[3] the son of Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Baronet, and Lucy Taylor.[4]

He died at Armidale in 1984.[5]

References

  1. "Scrum.com player profile of Bernard Croft". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 1995. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-333-41776-8. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. "Births". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 1903. p. 4.
  4. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 535. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 February 1984. p. 25.


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