Vincent Cartwright

Vincent Cartwright
Rugby union career

Cartwright (left) tossing the coin while watched by South Africa's Paul Roos in 1906.
Full name	Vincent Henry Cartwright
Date of birth	10 September 1882
Place of birth	The Park, Nottingham, England
Date of death	25 November 1965
Place of death	Loughborough, Leicestershire
School	Rugby School
University	Oxford University
Occupation(s)	Solicitor
Playing career
Position	Forward
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Oxford University RFC Blackheath F.C. Nottingham R.F.C. Harlequin F.C. Barbarian F.C.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1903-1906	England	14	(8)

Vincent Henry Cartwright DSO (10 September 1882 – 25 November 1965)^[1] was an English rugby union international who captained his country. He also played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire.

Personal history

Cartwright was born in 1882 in Nottingham. He was educated Rugby^[2] before matriculating to Oxford University in 1901. After leaving university he became a solicitor in Nottingham, and later a Clerk to Nottingham City Magistrates.

Cartwright served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War, joing the Royal Marines. He was made a Temporary Second Lieutenant in 1914,^[3] then Temporary Captain, before reaching the rank of Temporary Major in 1917.^[4] Serving on the Western Front, Cartwright was highly decorated, twice mentioned in dispatches, a DSO and Croix de guerre.

Rugby career

Cartwright first came to note as a rugby player while at Rugby, representing the school team. On entering Oxford he was selected as a freshman to join the University rugby team. He played in four successive Varsity Matches from 1901–1904, all at forward, collecting his sporting 'Blues'. While still a university student, Cartwright was selected for the England national team during the 1903 Home Nations Championship; a miserable defeat on a boggy St. Helen's ground against Wales. Despite the loss, Cartwright was reselected for the remaining two games of the tournament; both loses. He continued his international career throughout his time at Oxford, with two caps in the 1904 Home Nations Championship and all three of the 1905 Championship. After leaving Oxford in the later half of 1905 he joined Nottingham, becoming the first player to be capped for England directly from the club.^[5] His first international cap while a Nottingham player saw him given the captaincy of the England team, in the 1905 encounter with New Zealand.^[6]

Cartwright continued his captaincy of England through all three matches of the 1906 Championship, which included the first England encounter with France, a win for the English team which saw Cartwright score his first international points with four conversions. In 1906 Cartwright lead out the East Midlands team to face the first touring South African team; the first game of the Springbok's tour, the South African's won by a comfortable 29-0 margin.^[7] This was followed by Cartwright's last international, leading England against the same touring South Africans. The game ended in a 3-3 draw.

After retiring he became a referee and was President of the Rugby Football Union in 1928 and 1929.^[8]

Cricket career

Cartwright played his seven first-class cricket matches with Nottinghamshire between 1901 and 1904 as a right-handed batsman but could only manage 60 runs.^[9]

References

↑ "Vincent Cartwright". Scrum.com.
↑ Marshall (1951), pg 246.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28918. p. 7683. 29 September 1914. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30131. p. 5887. 15 June 1917. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
↑ Nottingham Rugby boast a proud history thisisnottingham.co.uk
↑ A win against England paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
↑ The History of South African Rugby rugbyfootballhistory.com
↑ Past Presidents of the RFU rugbyfootballhistory.com
↑ "First-Class Matches played by Vincent Cartwright". CricketArchive.

Bibliography

Marshall, Howard; Jordon, J.P. (1951). Oxford v Cambridge, The Story of the University Rugby Match. London: Clerke & Cockeran.

External links

Cricinfo: Vincent Cartwright

English national rugby union team captains

To 1900	1871–1873: Frederick Stokes 1874: Alfred St. George Hamersley 1875: Henry Arnold Lawrence 1875–1876: Francis Luscombe 1877–Mar 1878: Edward Kewley Mar 1878: Murray Wyatt Marshall 1879: Frank Reginald Adams 1880–1881: Lennard Stokes Feb 1882: Charles Gurdon Mar 1882: A. N. Hornby Dec 1882–1885: Edward Temple Gurdon Jan–Feb 1886: Charles John Bruce Marriott Mar 1886: Edward Temple Gurdon 1887: Alan Rotherham 1889: Fred Bonsor Feb 1890: Andrew Stoddart Mar 1890: John Lawrence Hickson Mar 1890: Andrew Stoddart 1891–Jan 1892: Frederic Alderson Feb 1892: Sammy Woods Mar 1892: Frederic Alderson Jan 1893: Andrew Stoddart Feb 1893: Sammy Woods Mar 1893: Andrew Stoddart Jan–Feb 1894: Richard Lockwood Mar 1894: Ernest Taylor 1895: Sammy Woods 1896: Ernest Taylor Mar 1896: Frank Mitchell 1897: Ernest Taylor 1898: J. F. Byrne 1899: Arthur Rotherham

To the First World War	Jan 1900: Richard Cattell 1900: John Daniell Jan 1901: John Taylor Feb–Mar 1901: William Bunting Jan 1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Moxon Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell Jan–Mar 1905: Frank Moxon Stout Dec 1905 - Dec 1906: Vincent Cartwright Jan 1907: Basil Alexander Hill Feb 1907: John Green Mar 1907: Ernest Roberts Jan 1908: Thomas Kelly Jan 1908: John Birkett Feb 1908: Curly Hammond Mar 1908: Lancelot Slocock Jan 1909: George Lyon Jan–Mar 1909: Robert Dibble Jan–Feb 1910: Adrian Stoop Mar 1910: Edgar Mobbs Mar 1910-Feb 1911: John Birkett Mar 1911: Anthony Henniker-Gotley Jan–Mar 1912: Robert Dibble Apr 1912–Mar 1913: Norman Wodehouse 1914: Ronald Poulton

To the Second World War	1920: J. E. Greenwood 1921: Dave Davies Jan 1922: Bruno Brown Feb 1922–1923: Dave Davies 1924–1926: Wavell Wakefield 1927: Leonard Corbett 1928–Feb 1929: Ronald Cove-Smith Mar 1929–Feb 1930: Joe Periton Feb 1930–Jan 1931: Sam Tucker Feb 1931: Peter Howard Mar 1931–Jan 1933: Carl Aarvold Feb–Mar 1933: Tony Novis 1934: Bernard Gadney Jan–Feb 1935: Douglas Kendrew Mar 1935–Mar 1936: Bernard Gadney 1937: Tuppy Owen-Smith Jan–Feb 1938: Peter Cranmer Mar 1938–Mar 1939: Henry Toft

To the Professional Era	Jan–Feb 1947: Joe Mycock Mar–Apr 1947: Jack Heaton Jan 1948: Edward Scott Jan 1948: Tommy Kemp Feb–Mar 1948: Edward Scott Mar 1948: Bob Weighill Jan–Feb 1949: Nim Hall Feb 1949-Mar 1950: Ivor Preece Jan 1951: Vic Roberts Feb–Mar 1951: John Kendall-Carpenter Jan 1952-Mar 1953: Nim Hall 1954: Bob Stirling Jan–Feb 1955: Nim Hall Feb–Mar 1955: Peter Dalton Young Jan 1956–Mar 1958: Eric Evans 1959: Jeffrey Butterfield 1960–1962: Dickie Jeeps Jan–Mar 1963: Richard Sharp May–Jun 1963: Mike Weston Jan–Feb 1964: John Willcox Feb–Mar 1964: Ron Jacobs 1965: David Perry 1966: Budge Rogers Jan 1967: Richard Sharp Feb–Nov 1967: Philip Judd Jan–Feb 1968: Colin McFadyean Feb–Mar 1968: Mike Weston Feb 1969: Dick Greenwood Feb–Apr 1969: Budge Rogers Dec 1969-Mar 1970: Bob Hiller Apr 1970: Bob Taylor Jan 1971: Tony Bucknall Feb 1971: John Spencer Feb 1971: Bob Hiller Mar–Apr 1971: John Spencer Jan–Feb 1972: Bob Hiller Feb–Mar 1972: Peter Dixon Jun 1972–Mar 1974: John Pullin Jan–Feb 1975: Fran Cotton Mar–May 1975: Tony Neary May 1975: John Pullin Jan–Mar 1976: Tony Neary 1977: Roger Uttley 1978: Bill Beaumont Feb 1979: Roger Uttley Feb 1979–Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont Feb 1982–Feb 1983: Steve Smith Mar 1983: John Scott Nov 1983–Mar 1984: Peter Wheeler Jun 1984: John Scott Nov 1984: Nigel Melville 1985: Paul Dodge 1986: Nigel Melville Feb–Mar 1987: Richard Hill Apr 1987–Feb 1988: Mike Harrison Mar 1988: Nigel Melville Apr–Jun 1988: John Orwin Jun 1988: Richard Harding Nov 1988-Mar 1989: Will Carling May 1989: Rob Andrew Nov 1989–May 1995: Will Carling May 1995: Rob Andrew Jun 1995: Will Carling

To the Present Day	Nov 1995-Mar 1996: Will Carling Nov 1996: Phil de Glanville Dec 1996: Jason Leonard Feb–Jul 1997: Phil de Glanville Nov 1997–Apr 1998: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun 1998: Tony Diprose Jun–Jul 1998: Matt Dawson Nov 1998: Martin Johnson Nov 1998–Apr 1999: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun–Oct 1999: Martin Johnson Feb–Apr 2000: Matt Dawson Jun 2000–Apr 2001: Martin Johnson Jun 2001: Kyran Bracken Oct 2001: Matt Dawson Nov 2001: Neil Back Nov 2001–Mar 2002: Martin Johnson Mar–Apr 2002: Neil Back Jun 2002: Phil Vickery Nov 2002–Feb 2003: Martin Johnson Mar 2003: Jonny Wilkinson Mar–Jun 2003: Martin Johnson Aug 2003: Jason Leonard Aug 2003: Dorian West Sep–Oct 2003: Martin Johnson Nov 2003: Phil Vickery Nov 2003: Martin Johnson Feb–Jun 2004: Lawrence Dallaglio Nov 2004-Feb 2005: Jason Robinson Mar 2005-Mar 2006: Martin Corry Jun 2006: Patrick Sanderson Nov 2006: Martin Corry Feb 2007: Phil Vickery Mar 2007: Mike Catt May 2007: Jason Robinson Jun 2007: Jonny Wilkinson Aug 2007: Phil Vickery Aug 2007: Mike Catt Aug–Sep 2007: Phil Vickery Sep 2007: Martin Corry Oct 2007–Feb 2008: Phil Vickery Feb 2008: Steve Borthwick Feb-Mar 2008: Phil Vickery Jun 2008–Mar 2010: Steve Borthwick Mar 2010–Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Nov 2010: Nick Easter Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Feb 2011: Mike Tindall Aug 2011: Lewis Moody Aug 2011–Sep 2011: Mike Tindall Sep 2011: Lewis Moody^[n1] Sep 2011: Simon Shaw^[n1] Oct 2011: Lewis Moody Feb–Jun 2012: Chris Robshaw Jun 2012: Dylan Hartley Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Chris Robshaw Jun 2013: Tom Wood Nov 2013–Oct 2015: Chris Robshaw Feb 2016– : Dylan Hartley

^[n1] Lewis Moody was substituted in the England vs Georgia match on 18 September 2011, and Simon Shaw was confirmed as captain for the remainder of the match.

Rugby Football Union Presidents

To 1900	1871-74: A Rutter 1874-75: F Stokes 1875-76: L J Maton 1876-77, 1877-78: C D Heatley 1878-82: A. G. Guillemard 1882-84: J Maclaren 1884-86: Frederick Currey 1886-88: L Stokes 1888-89: A Budd 1889-90: Harry Garnett 1890-92: E T Gurdon 1892-94: W Cail 1894-96: Roger Walker 1896-98: R W Whalley 1898-1900: J W H Thorp

To the First World War	1900-02: Francis Hugh Fox 1902-04: M Newsome 1904-07: G R Hill 1907-09: C A Crane 1909-11: T C Pring 1911-13: A M Crook 1913-14: A Hartley

To the Second World War	1919-20: A Hartley 1920-22: E Prescott 1922-23: R Henzell 1923-24: M F Waters 1924-25: W S Donne 1925-26: H E Ferens 1926-27: J Baxter 1927-28: P Royds 1928-29: V H Cartwright 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32: W T Pearce 1932-33: A D Stoop 1933-34: R F Oakes 1934-35: J Milnes 1935-37: J E Greenwood 1937-39: B A Hill 1939-40: G C Robinson

To the Professional Era	1945-47: J Daniell 1947-48: B C Hartley 1948-49: L G Brown 1949-50: E Watts 1950-51: W Wakefield 1951-52: H Cleaver 1952-53: P Holman 1953-54: J Brunton 1954-55: W C Ramsay 1955: L Clifford 1955-56: W B Gibbs 1956-57: L B "Ginger" Osborne 1957-58: A Marshall 1958-59: J Lawson 1959-60: J A Tallent 1960-61: A T Voyce 1961-62: R G S Hobbs 1962-63: C H Gadney 1963-64: A G Butler 1964-65: L Edwards 1965-66: A Walker 1966-67: D H Harrison 1967-68: J R Locker 1968-69: J T W Berry 1969-70: D T Kemp 1970-71: W Ramsay 1971-72: T A Kemp 1972-73: R M A Kingswell 1973-74: M R Steele-Bodger 1974-75: K H Chapman 1975-76: G Tarn 1976-77: R E G Jeeps 1977-78: A Wharton 1978-79: S R Couchman 1979-80: A W Ramsay 1980-81: J MACG Kendall-Carpenter 1981-82: D K Brooks 1982-83: J V Smiths 1983-84: C R Jacobs 1984-85: A E Agar 1985-86: D W Shuttleworth 1986-87: A A Grimsdell 1987-88: J Burgess 1988-89: J R Simpson 1989-90: D L Sanders 1990-91: M A Pearey 1991-92: P G Yarranton 1992-93: D D Serfontein 1993-94: I D S Beer 1994-95: D H Easby

To the Present Day	1995-96: W J Bishop 1996-97: J T Richardson 1997-98: P G Brook 1998-99: P C Trunkfield 1999-2000: J H Addison 2000-01: D P Rogers 2001-02: R S Manock 2002-03: W G D Morgan 2003-04: R W Horner 2004-05: M S Phillips 2005-06: L C K Angel 2006-07: R A G Rogers 2007-08: B Taylor 2008-09: Brian Williams 2009-10: John Owen 2010-11: Richard Appleby 2011-12: Willie Wildash 2012-13: Paul Murphy 2015-16: Jason Leonard

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