Cecil Pedlow
| Full name | Alexander Cecil Pedlow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 January 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lurgan, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing/Centre | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1953–63 1955 |
Ireland Lions |
30 2 |
(31) (5) |
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Alexander Cecil Pedlow (born 20 January 1934) is a retired Irish rugby union player. He represented Ireland 30 times and the British Lions, earning two caps for them on the 1955 tour to South Africa. He retired in 1963.
Arguably, one of Ireland's greatest all-round sportsmen. Pedlow's great-uncle James Cecil Parke, was another all-time Irish great. Pedlow's grandfather, Robert Pedlow and great grandfather Joseph Pedlow were also Irish rugby internationals.
Current Ireland international contender fly-half Paddy Jackson is closely related- Ray Lindsay (grandfather to Paddy and brother to Cecil's wife-Kay).
Pedlow was born in Lurgan on the 20 January 1934. His father Robert was a country doctor in Lurgan and a keen sportsman, playing rugby for Lurgan RFC.
Cecil Pedlow represented Ireland at squash, rugby and controversially missed out on representing Ireland in the Davis Cup at tennis. He did go on to represent Irish tennis at veteran and vintage representative levels and won numerous titles all over Ireland.
Pedlow had already represented Ireland (junior level) at Junior Wimbledon after winning the u-18 title at the All-Ireland Tennis Championships at Fitzwilliam Tennis Club (Dublin) in 1952, aged 17. Pedlow was sent a telegram from the ILTA stating that he had been picked to represent Ireland at Wimbledon and that the ITLA would pay for his fare (second class) to represent his country at Junior Wimbledon. Pedlow went out in the second round (after getting a bye in the first!) to a talented French junior. Pedlow later arranged to meet his victor at the French Championships at Roland Garros in 2004.
Tennis might have been Pedlow's favourite sport but it was rugby that made his sporting name.
Pedlow showed early promise at other sports including hockey and cricket. He was educated at Garth House (A Campbell College Prep- School) and then attended Ulster's only private school, Campbell College when he was 11 and became a full-time border. His skills as a medium-quick cricketing bowler soon became apparent when he took 10 wickets as an 11-year-old playing for the senior first XI. This was Pedlow's first game representing his school with 17-year-olds. Pedlow later said about his 10 wicket debut 'I thought that I was going to be a great cricketer but unfortunately the truth was the older boys just hadn't worked me out, yet- Sadly, I never got close to those figures again.'
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