Michael John Berridge (28 February 1923 - 2 October 1973) was an English rugby union international.
Full name | Michael John Berridge | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 February 1923 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 October 1973 | (aged 50)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Oundle, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Berridge was a twin son of decorated World War I colonel Frederick Berridge and attended The King's School in Peterborough.[1] He captained the school's first XV in 1939/40.[2]
Berridge, a Peterborough Town product, spent most of his career at Northampton, playing over 250 games. He was an East Midlands county representative and gained two England caps in the 1949 Five Nations Championship, against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park and Ireland at Lansdowne Road, both as a prop.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bride In Queen Anne Gown". Peterborough Standard. 5 November 1948.
- ^ "Michael Berridge - England cap". Peterborough Standard. 7 January 1949.
- ^ "Travis Perkins Dream Team". Northampton Saints. 14 April 2020.
External links
edit- Mike Berridge at ESPNscrum