Victor Le Fanu

Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1865 – 9 August 1939) was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne.

Victor Le Fanu

Birth name	Victor Charles Le Fanu
Date of birth	(1865-10-14)14 October 1865
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	9 August 1939(1939-08-09) (aged 73)
Place of death	Bray, Ireland
School	Haileybury
University	Trinity College, Cambridge
Notable relative(s)	Sheridan Le Fanu paternal uncle Henry Le Fanu, brother
Occupation(s)	Land agent
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Scrum half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1884-1886 Cambridge University R.U.F.C. () – Lansdowne Football Club () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1886-1892 Ireland 11 (0)

Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team. He won three sporting Blues, playing in all three Varsity matches from 1884-1886.

His father was William Le Fanu, a Commissioner of the Irish Board of Works, who more famously was the brother of Sheridan Le Fanu.

International career

Le Fanu was first capped for Ireland on 6 February 1886 in a home game against England. Le Fanu, still at Cambridge, had a difficult start which saw England win comfortably, in front of a then record crowd of 7,000. Le Fanu would represent Ireland on 11 occasions, and in 1892 he captained the team in all three home nation matches.

International matches played

• England 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892
• Wales 1887, 1889, 1892
• Scotland 1886, 1888, 1892

Bibliography

• Griffiths, Terry (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.