# Eric Bardsley

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| birth_name = Eric John Bardsley
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| birth_date = 1903
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = 1958
| death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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'''Eric [Rick] John Bardsley''' (1903–1958) was an Australian [Rugby Union](/source/Rugby_Union) player and represented for the [Wallabies](/source/Australia_national_rugby_union_team) three times.<ref>Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 48: Bardsley, Eric John "Rick" (1903 – 1958)</ref>

==Early life==
Bardsley attended [Newington College](/source/Newington_College) (1918–1923) and played Rugby in the 1st XV for three years.<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 9</ref>

==Rugby career==
Bardsley played in the back row and represented [Northern Suburbs Rugby Club](/source/Northern_Suburbs_Rugby_Club) in 139 1st Grade games. In 1928 he toured New Zealand and played in three Test matches.<ref>[http://www.northsrugby.com.au/default.asp?id=19 Norths Rugby Australian Representatives Honour Board] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930140954/http://www.northsrugby.com.au/default.asp?id=19 |date=30 September 2008 }}</ref>

==Club controversy==
In 1942 Bardsley admitted to sending food parcels to Russia and after his patriotism to Australia was questioned by fellow members of Norths Rugby, he and his brother-in-law, fellow Wallaby [Wal Mackney](/source/Wal_Mackney), resigned from the club.<ref>Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 315: Mackney, Walter Arthur Reginald (1903–1975)</ref>

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