Cecil Kershaw

Cecil Kershaw

Personal information
Born	Cecil Ashworth Kershaw (1895-02-03)3 February 1895 Dacca, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Died	1 November 1972(1972-11-01) (aged 77) Worthing, West Sussex, England
Rugby union career
Position Scrum-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) United Services Portsmouth RFC – Navy International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1920–1923 England 16 (6)
Sport
Sport	Fencing

Cecil Ashworth Kershaw (3 February 1895 – 1 November 1972) was a British Olympian and England rugby international during the 1920s.

Fencing career

Kershaw was an Olympic fencer who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games He was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships in 1920, 1925 and 1926.

Rugby

He was also a rugby union player who represented the Royal Navy as a scrum-half and was capped by England 16 times between 1920 and 1923. Kershaw formed a notable half-back partnership with W. J. A. Davies for both the Navy and England; in their 14 matches together for England they never finished on the losing side.