Deneys Swayne | |
Full Name: | Deneys Harald Swayne |
Birth Date: | 23 November 1909 |
Birth Place: | Roorkee, British India |
Death Place: | Mendip, Somerset, England |
Occupation: | Doctor |
School: | Bromsgrove School |
University: | Worcester College, Oxford |
Position: | Wing-forward |
Repyears1: | 1931 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Deneys Harald Swayne (23 November 1909 – 9 September 1990) was an English international rugby union player.
The son of a lieutenant colonel, Swayne was born in Roorkee, British India, and attended Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire, before further studies at Worcester College, Oxford, and St George's Hospital.[1]
Swayne was a varsity player at Oxford and gained one England cap, as a wing-forward in a 1931 Five Nations match against Wales at Twickenham, which ended in a 11–11 draw.[2]
In World War II, Swayne served as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was wounded in Normandy.[1]
Swayne was a general practitioner in Stevenage for 35 years, before retiring to Ditcheat, Somerset.[3]