Alfred Davenport

{{short description|English rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Alfred Davenport | image = Alfred Davenport (cropped from England 1871 first).png | birth_name = Alfred Davenport | nickname = | birth_date = 5 May 1849 | birth_place = Oxford,<ref name="Scrum">[http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/243.html Alfred Davenport Profile on scrum.com]</ref> Oxfordshire | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1932|4|2|1849|5|5}} | death_place = (registered in) Abingdon (aged 82 years 333 days) | height = | weight = | ru_position = Forward | repteam1 = {{nrut|England}} | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = | ru_ntupdate = | repyears1 = 1871 | amatyears1 = - | ru_clubupdate = | apps1 = | points1 = | amatteam1 = Oxford University RFC | occupation = | school = Rugby School | university = University of Oxford }}

'''Alfred Davenport''' (1849-1932) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1871.<ref name="Scrum"/>

==Early life== Alfred Davenport was born on May 5, 1849 in Oxford. He attended Rugby School<ref name="Scrum"/> and went to the University of Oxford.<ref name="Scrum"/>

==Rugby union career== Davenport represented and captained the Oxford University rugby side. He made his international debut on March 27, 1871 at Edinburgh in the Scotland vs England match that also proved to be the first ever international rugby match.<ref name="Scrum"/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davenport, Alfred}} Category:1849 births Category:1932 deaths Category:English rugby union players Category:England international rugby union players Category:Rugby union forwards Category:People educated at Rugby School Category:Rugby union players from Oxford Category:Oxford University RFC players