Charles Gurdon
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| Full name | Charles Gurdon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 December 1855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 June 1931 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Haileybury School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Jesus College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1880–1886 | England | 14 | (0) |
Charles Gurdon (3 December 1855 – 26 June 1931) was an English rower and rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Richmond. Gurdon represented England fourteen times during the early development of international rugby union, once as captain. He and his brother Edward Temple Gurdon formed one of the most notable sibling pairings in English rugby.
Gurdon was born in Barnham Broom, Norfolk, in 1855, the second son of Rev Edward Gurdon. He was educated at Haileybury School before matriculating to Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1874. He was a member of the Pitt Club at Cambridge. His elder brother Edward Temple and younger brother Francis also studied at Cambridge; Francis entered the clergy, becoming the Bishop of Hull. Gurdon chose to enter the legal profession and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1877. He received his BA in 1878, and was called to the Bar in 1881. From 1923–29 he was a County Court judge for Cornwall, before retiring to London. He died suddenly on 26 June 1931.
Gurdon was keen sportsman from a young age. At Cambridge he was a member of both the rugby club and Cambridge University Boat Club and won five sporting Blues. He won four Blues for rowing in the Boat Race in 1876, 1877, 1878 and 1879 with two Cambridge wins in 1876 and 1879 and the only dead heat in 1877. In 1879 he was a member of the Jesus College eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup and the coxless four which won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Gurdon gained one Blue for playing in the Varsity Match in 1877. His brother Edward had won three Blues the previous three seasons in the Varsity Match, and Gurdon followed his brother in representing Cambridge. Oxford were the stronger team throughout the season, Cambridge played with just five members with prior Varsity Match experience and Oxford won by two tries to nil. On leaving University, Gurdon joined first-class English club team Richmond.
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