{{Short description|England international rugby union player (1938–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Bev Dovey | image = | caption = | full_name = Beverley Alfred Dovey | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|10|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Forest of Dean, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|01|12|1938|10|24|df=y}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | position = Prop | repyears1 = 1963 | repteam1 = {{nrut|England}} | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 }}
'''Beverley Alfred Dovey''' (24 October 1938 – 12 January 2024) was an English rugby union international.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bev Dovey back in shock switch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/875829030 |work=Evening Post |date=4 November 1970}}</ref>
Born in the Forest of Dean, Dovey was a prop and made his debut for Lydney while a Lydney Grammar student. After school, he attended Leeds University and played his rugby for Roundhay, during which time he was a Yorkshire county representative. He continued his studies at Christ's College, Cambridge and attained a blue in the 1960 Varsity Match.<ref name="Carpenter">{{cite web |last1=Carpenter |first1=Will |title=Obituary: Bev Dovey |url=https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/bristol-bears-men/obituary-bev-dovey/ |website=Bristol Bears Rugby |language=en-ZA |date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
Dovey, a schoolteacher by profession, moved several times during his career for work and was capped by England while teaching at Merchant Taylors' School, from Rosslyn Park. He appeared twice for England in their title-winning 1963 Five Nations campaign, against Wales at Cardiff and Ireland at Lansdowne Road.<ref name="Carpenter"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Big job for Bev Dovey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259543801 |work=The Guardian |date=4 November 1969}}</ref>
Between 1965 and 1970, Dovey played 184 1st XV games for Bristol. He was captain of the Western Counties side which defeated the touring Wallabies in 1967 and also led his native Gloucestershire in county fixtures.<ref name="Carpenter"/>
Bev Dovey died on 12 January 2024, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rugby Football Bids Farewell To Stalwart Club County And International Player |url=https://barfc.co.uk/rugby-football-bids-farewell-to-stalwart-club-county-and-international-player/ |website=Bridgwater Rugby |date=16 January 2024}}</ref> He was the father-in-law of Irish professional rugby player David Blaney.<ref name="Carpenter"/>
==See also== *List of England national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|6760}}
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