Joseph Robert Bute Worton (31 March 1901 – 14 January 1991) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Joseph Robert Bute Worton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 March 1901 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fulham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 January 1991 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | SW Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Educated at Haileybury, Worton went to Sandhurst after finishing his schooling and in 1922 was gazetted into the Middlesex Regiment, serving periods in Belfast and occupied Germany.[1]
Worton was a scrum-half with the Army and Harlequins sides. He stood in for Arthur Young as England scrum-half on two occasions, gaining caps in matches against Wales in 1926 and 1927.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ealing Player Picked for England". Middlesex County Times. 9 January 1926.
- ^ "Town & County Gossip". Bognor Regis Observer. 5 August 1944.
- ^ "J. R. B. Worton To Play At Stand-Off Half". London Daily Chronicle. 1 October 1926.
External links
edit- John Worton at ESPNscrum