Which record holding try scorer became the first man to win 50 caps at Rugby Union for England?
"him and was not broken until another RAF fighter pilot, Rory Underwood, scored his nineteenth try almost sixty-seven years later on 20 January 1990. Underwood had taken thirty-eight matches to reach this mark, compared to Lowe's twenty-four. Before Lowe, other try scorers had had better scoring ratios, amongst them record holders Burton scoring six in six, Wade seven in eight, Tot Robinson eight in eight, and Hudson, nine in eight. Daniel Lambert had also scored eight tries in a career of seven appearances. Lowe's achievement has been singled out as being all the more remarkable due to the almost six"
"Mick Sullivan Michael Sullivan (12 January 1934 – 5 April 2016), also known by the nicknames of ""Mick"", and ""Sully"", was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, and coach of the 1970s. He set the record for the most appearances for the Great Britain Lions with 46. This record has been matched (by Garry Schofield) but never overtaken. He also holds the record for the most rugby league test match tries by a player of any nationality with 44. Mick Sullivan was born in Pudsey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he worked"
"on their first appearance; instead, they have to be ""earned"" through good performances. Indeed, one can play at the highest domestic level for several years, and have a quite significant career in first-class cricket, without ever winning a cap. The world record for the number of caps in Test cricket is held by Sachin Tendulkar of India, who has, over the course of a 22-year career, collected 200. Tendulkar also holds the record for One Day Internationals, with 463 caps. In rugby union, 35 players have reached 100 international caps as of 5 June 2012. Players from England, Scotland, Wales"
"England rugby union try record progression The England rugby union try record progression charts the record number of tries scored for the England national rugby union team by individual players, or rugby footballers as they are still sometimes referred to. The progression begins with Reg Birkett's try, scored in the first international rugby match of any code in 1871 when England succumbed to Scotland at Raeburn Place. When Birkett's try was scored, it was not worth any points in itself, but rather afforded the opportunity of the scoring side to kick a goal, or a ""try at goal"", which England"
"Richie McCaw Richard Hugh McCaw (born 31 December 1980) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. He captained the national team, the All Blacks, in 110 out of his 148 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups. He is the most capped test rugby player of all time, and has won the World Rugby player of the year award a joint record three times. McCaw was the first All Black to reach 100 caps, and the first rugby union player to win 100 tests. He is the most-capped player in rugby union history with 148 caps, having overtaken"
"Cyril Lowe Cyril Nelson ""Kit"" Lowe, (7 October 1891 – 6 February 1983) was an English rugby union footballer who held England's international try scoring record for over sixty years, a First World War flying ace credited with nine victories, and supposedly the inspiration for W. E. Johns' character ""Biggles"". Lowe was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. He attended Dulwich College where he was a boarder in Orchard House. There he edited the school magazine, ""The Alleynian"" from 1910 to 1911, as his fellow alumnus P. G. Wodehouse had done previously. At Dulwich he excelled at a number of sports, and"
"captains to beat, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. John Pullin John Vivian Pullin (born 1 November 1941 in Aust) is a former England international rugby union player. A hooker, he played club rugby for Bristol RFC and captained the England national rugby union team for which he played 42 times between 1966 and 1976. He also won 7 full caps for the British Lions and has the distinction of having beaten the All Blacks with three different sides, England, the Lions and the Barbarians. Pullin's career reached the highest levels of achievement possible in rugby union prior to the"
"twenty years, until Steve Smith surpassed it. In later life Jeeps was President of the Rugby Football Union in 1976-77 and Chairman of the Sports Council for seven years. He died on 8 October 2016 at the age of 84. Dickie Jeeps Richard Eric Gautrey Jeeps, (25 November 1931 – 8 October 2016), known as Dickie Jeeps, was an English rugby union player who played for Northampton having started his career with Cambridge Rugby Club. He represented and captained both the England national rugby union team and the British Lions in the 1950s and 1960s. He subsequently became a sports"
"Virginia Offiah and lives in Ealing, West London. Martin Offiah Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE (born 29 December 1966) is a Nigerian English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Offiah was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2013. He scored 501 tries during his rugby league career, making him the third-highest try scorer and top try-scoring English player of all time, and now features in a statue of great rugby league players outside Wembley Stadium. He was a Great Britain and England national representative winger, and due to his running"
"challenged, the next closest for England being Will Greenwood and Ben Cohen on 31 each. England rugby union try record progression The England rugby union try record progression charts the record number of tries scored for the England national rugby union team by individual players, or rugby footballers as they are still sometimes referred to. The progression begins with Reg Birkett's try, scored in the first international rugby match of any code in 1871 when England succumbed to Scotland at Raeburn Place. When Birkett's try was scored, it was not worth any points in itself, but rather afforded the opportunity"
"between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match). Sam Smith (rugby league) Samuel Smith (birth unknown - death unknown), also known by the nickname of ""Sam"", was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers and Hunslet, as a , during the era of contested scrums. Smith signed on with Hull Kingston Rovers for the 1949–50 season. During the 1952–53 season Smith was an ever-present, playing in every match alongside Arthur Palframan."
"the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. Rugby World Cup Five Nations Championship Calcutta Cup Millennium Trophy Will Carling William David Charles Carling, (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. He played for Rosslyn Park, Harlequins and England, winning 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, and captaining England 59 times. The son of Lt Col Bill Carling and his first wife, Will Carling attended Terra Nova School in Cheshire and then Winder House, Sedbergh School, on an army scholarship. He later graduated with a degree in Psychology from Hatfield College, University of Durham. After university,"
"Robert Jones (rugby union) Robert Nicholas Jones (born 10 November 1965 at Trebanos, Wales) is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. He was capped 54 times for Wales during his career, at that time a record. He and Gareth Edwards, Rob Howley, Dwayne Peel and Mike Phillips are the only scrum halves to have achieved 50 caps or more for Wales. Jones attracted widespread admiration during his playing career for his invention and the quality of his passing, which was often referred to by pundits as the best in the world. In addition his box-kicking from the base"
"J.J. Williams, Billy Steele and Andy Irvine. The highlight of his international career was probably scoring a try on his international début on 3 June 1972, against when an unfancied England side won 18-9. Alan Morley Alan John George Morley MBE (born 25 June 1950 in Bristol, England) is a former English rugby union player. He played a record number of 519 times for Bristol, scoring 384 tries, between 1968 and 1986. He holds the world record for the number of tries scored in first class rugby, at 479. He won 7 England caps, from 1972 to 1975, scoring 2"
"the same encounter George Burton surpassed him minutes later by scoring four. Harry Vassall Henry Vassall (22 October 1860 – 5 January 1926) was an English rugby union player, best known as a centre for Oxford University. Vassall played international rugby for England in the early years of the sport, winning five caps and scoring a hat-trick of tries in the first encounter between England and Wales. While at Oxford University Vassall led the university rugby side to 70 matches without defeat during his three-year captaincy. His belief that the forward players should work in unison with their backs was"
"is as follows : England : Alan Ashcroft 1956–59, Jasper Bartlett 1951, Reg Bazley 1952–55, N.O. Bennet 1948, Eric Bole 1946, John Cain 1950, Roy Foulds 1929, Dick Greenwood 1966–69, Dicky Guest 1939–49, Jack Heaton 1935–47, Chris Jennins 1967, Roy Leyland 1935, Humphrey Luya 1948–49, Graham Meikle 1934, Steve Meikle 1929, Joe Periton 1925–30, Sam Perry 1948, Gordon Rimmer 1949–54, Jim Syddall 1982–84, Peter Thompson 1959, Bert 'HB' Toft 1936–39, Dick Uren 1948–52, Harold Uren 1946, Jack Wallens 1927, Bob Weighill 1947–48, Gill Burns, Sonia Harris Ireland : Robin Godfrey 1954, Fiona Neary, Joleen Morton Italy : Nicola Mazzucato 2007."
"included for Test statistics, but were subsequently excluded by the ICC. Cowdrey made 22 Test Centuries to match Wally Hammond's England record, subsequently equalled by Geoff Boycott and exceeded by Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen. Of the 22 Tests in which Cowdrey made a hundred England won 10, drew 11 and lost 1, when he made 105 against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 1965. Cowdrey was the first man to score a Test century against six different nations; Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, India and Pakistan, all the Test nations of his day, which he did"
"leapt from a window while being helped into his bed and fell 20 feet to his death - at the inquest, a verdict of suicide whilst delirious was returned. Clapham Rovers Reg Birkett Reginald Halsey Birkett (28 March 1849 – 30 June 1898) was an English football player who played for Clapham Rovers, as well as the English national side. He also played international rugby union for England in 1871, in the first international rugby match. In this match he scored England's first try. Reginald Halsey Birkett was born in London on 28 March 1849. He was baptised on 31"
"Garry Hemingway John Garry Hemingway (10 May 1933 – 13 Jun 2002) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire and Sheffield and South Yorkshire, and at club level Old Thornensians RUFC (in Thorne, Doncaster), as a wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and club level rugby league (RL) for Leeds, as a , i.e. number 2 or 5. Garry Hemingway was born in Thorne, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was a pupil at Thorne Grammar School, he was the"
"record. John ""Jack"" Heaton and Thomas Arthur ""Tommy"" Kemp also achieved this feat for . Young was the son of Alexander Robert Young (born c1885 Govan, Lanarkshire Scotland)and Christina Leiper (born c1883 Lanark, Lanarkshire). He attended City of London School and studied medicine at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. and became a doctor after he finished playing rugby. W. B. Young William Brewitt Young (7 May 1916 - 25 April 2013) was born in Ardrossan and was a Scottish and East African rugby football player. He was capped ten times for between 1937–48 and three times for East Africa between 1949-50."
"Gareth Rees (rugby union) Gareth Lloyd Rees (born June 30, 1967 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a former Canadian international rugby union footballer who played at fly-half and full back positions. Rees played for several British club sides, including Wasps and Harlequins. He won 55 caps for Canada, captaining them on 23 occasions and scoring 487 test points. In October 2011, Rees received arguably his greatest honour with induction to the IRB Hall of Fame. He and fellow 2011 inductee Brian Lima of Samoa are the first members of the IRB Hall from nations outside of the traditional top tier"
"(1 non-Test match). Along with William ""Billy"" Banks, Gordon Haynes, Keith Holliday, Billy Ivison, Robert ""Bob"" Kelly, John McKeown, George Parsons and Ted Slevin, Ted Cahill's only Great Britain appearance came against France prior to 1957, these matches were not considered as Test matches by the Rugby Football League, and consequently caps were not awarded. Ted Cahill (rugby league) Edward Cahill (birth unknown), also known by the nickname of ""Ted"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Vine Tavern"
"Harry Vassall Henry Vassall (22 October 1860 – 5 January 1926) was an English rugby union player, best known as a centre for Oxford University. Vassall played international rugby for England in the early years of the sport, winning five caps and scoring a hat-trick of tries in the first encounter between England and Wales. While at Oxford University Vassall led the university rugby side to 70 matches without defeat during his three-year captaincy. His belief that the forward players should work in unison with their backs was revolutionary to the game of rugby and changed the way that rugby"
"boycotts. One week later on 22 August 1992 South Africa played the World Champion Wallabies. In the Test against South Africa, Campese became the first Australian to play 70 Test matches and he became the first rugby player to score 50 tries. In ""My Game Your Game"" Campese recalls that: In ""Campo: Still Entertaining"" Campese writes that Campese's sudden appearance from no where to take the try-scoring pass from Tim Horan, and the cleanliness of his jersey in the muddy conditions, have been the subject of various portrayals in rugby literature. Michael Blucher in ""Perfect Union: The parallel lives of"
"and Ireland are eligible for selection to the British and Irish Lions touring squad. Lions matches are classed as full international tests, and caps are awarded. The Pacific Islanders team, composed of players from Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue and Cook Islands have a similar arrangement, although no players involved have so far reached 100 caps (Fijian Nicky Little is closest with 71 caps). Players still active at Test level are in bold type. In rugby league, only three players have achieved 50 Test match caps. The record for most caps is held by former Australian Kangaroos player & captain Darren"
"the age of 79 in Bradford. John Willie Sutcliffe John William Sutcliffe (14 April 1868 – 7 July 1947), commonly known as John Willie Sutcliffe and J.W. Sutcliffe, was an English football and rugby union player. He was the last person to represent England at full international level in both sports. Born in Shibden, he started his career in 1886 at Bradford Rugby Club playing at either full back or centre three quarter before moving to the club from Heckmondwike where he gained his only cap for England against the New Zealand Natives in 1889, scoring one try, and one"
"Rory Underwood Rory Underwood MBE (born 19 June 1963) is an English former rugby union player, he is 's record international try scorer with 49 tries in 85 internationals between 1984 and 1996. Underwood's principal position was wing and he played 236 games for Leicester Tigers between 1983 and 1997, he also played for Middlesbrough, Bedford Blues and the Royal Air Force. Underwood toured with the British and Irish Lions in 1989 and 1993 playing in six tests and scoring one try. In 1992 Underwood played for England alongside his younger brother Tony Underwood, becoming the first brothers to play"
"period he also worked a pipefitter during the building of Fiddlers Ferry power station. It was announced on 5 April 2016 that he had died in the previous week, aged 82. Mick Sullivan Michael Sullivan (12 January 1934 – 5 April 2016), also known by the nicknames of ""Mick"", and ""Sully"", was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, and coach of the 1970s. He set the record for the most appearances for the Great Britain Lions with 46. This record has been matched (by Garry Schofield) but never overtaken. He also holds"
"Colin Charvis Colin Charvis (born 27 December 1972) is a carpet enthusiast and former captain of the Wales national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8. Charvis became the world record try scorer for a forward in test match rugby on 24 November 2007 v South Africa at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff with his 22nd international try. In 2011 he was overtaken by Takashi Kikutani of Japan on the List of leading rugby union test try scorers. Charvis has"
"Ron Ryder Ronald ""Ron"" Ryder is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 506), as a , i.e. number 3 or 4. Ron Ryder won a cap for England while at Warrington in 1952 against Other Nationalities, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1952 against Australia. Ron Ryder played right-, i.e. number 3, in Warrington's 19-0 victory over Widnes in the 1950 Challenge Cup Final during the 1949–50 season at Wembley Stadium,"
"Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1964 Challenge Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1964, in front of a crowd of 84,488. Jim Measures is the father of rugby league of the 1990s for St. Helens Colts, and A-Team, Leigh and Widnes Vikings; Neil Measures. Jim Measures James Measures (born 14 April 1939), also known by the nickname of ""Jim"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for St Helens, Widnes and the"
"Mark Regan Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE (born 28 January 1972 in Bristol) is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions. Regan's England breakthrough came when he succeeded Brian Moore in 1995 for the visit of South Africa to Twickenham in November. He became the first player to make his England debut in the professional era of rugby union, which began in August of that year. Although Lawrence Dallaglio made his England debut in the same match, he came off the bench, whilst Regan"
"is in the 1950s. Stats taken from England national football team results (1930–59). Blackpool Stan Mortensen Stanley Harding Mortensen (26 May 1921 – 22 May 1991) was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (subsequently known as the ""Matthews Final""), in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in a Wembley FA Cup Final. He was also both the first player to score for England in a FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign and the first England player to score in the tournament proper. South Shields-born Mortensen went to"