Peter Denny Strang
| Birth name | Peter Denny Strang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 April 1889[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Merchant Taylors School[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Denny Strang was an English sportsman who played rugby union at an international level, touring Argentina with the 1910 Combined British rugby union side, an early incarnation of the British and Irish Lions.
Early life
Peter Denny Strang was born on 26 April 1889, in London, the son of William, an artist and Agnes. He attended Merchant Taylors School where he featured in the School first fifteen rugby squad in 1904-05. He left school in 1905 and for some time studied at Aspatria Agricultural College in Cumberland.[1]
Rugby union
Strang played his rugby for his school's old boys club, Old Merchant Taylors. Although he was never selected to play rugby for England, he was selected to tour with the Combined British on the 1910 tour to Argentina where he played in what Argentina count as their first test match.
Career and later life
After his time at Aspatria College he joined a firm of Shipping Agents in Le Havre, France. He then served in the First World War as a Lieutenant in the 14th London Regiment in the Army Pay Department. He resided at 7 Hamilton Terrace, London NW8[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Merchant Taylors' School register, 1851-1920, p334, (Merchant Taylors' School (London, England)), E. P. Hart - 1923
- ^ Great Britain XV tour - Flores, 12 June 1910
- ^ History of the 1910 Combined British Tour to Argentina at nicheto.rugbytime.com