# Ernest Still

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{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Ernest Still
| image = 
| birth_name = {{nowrap|Ernest Robert Still}}
| nickname = 
| birth_date = 14 July 1852
| birth_place =  [Epsom](/source/Epsom)<ref name="Scrum">[http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/310.html Ernest Still Profile on scrum.com]</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1931|11|23|1852|7|14}}
| death_place =  (registered in) [Epsom](/source/Epsom)
| height = 
| weight = 
| ru_position =  Forward
| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps1 = 1
| reppoints1 = 
| ru_ntupdate = 
| repyears1 = 1873-1873
| amatyears1 = -
| ru_clubupdate = 
| apps1 =
| points1 =
| amatteam1 = [Ravenscourt Park](/source/Ravenscourt_Park_Football_Club)
| occupation = 
| school = [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School)
| university = [Brasenose College, Oxford](/source/Brasenose_College%2C_Oxford)
}}

'''Ernest Still''' (1852-1931) was a rugby union international representing [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) from 1873 to 1873.<ref name="Scrum"/>

==Early life==
Ernest Still was born on 14 July 1852 in Epsom,<ref name="Scrum"/> the fifth son of Robert Still of Sutton in Surrey.<ref>Joseph Foster (ed), ''Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees: Sabin-Zouch'' p1355, (Parker and co.), 1891</ref> He attended [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School) and studied law at [Brasenose College, Oxford](/source/Brasenose_College%2C_Oxford), from which he received his BA in 1874 and his MA in 1880.

==Rugby union career==
In the [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) vs [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) match, he made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at [Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow](/source/Hamilton_Crescent%2C_Glasgow).<ref name="Scrum"/>

==Career and later life==
Ernest became a solicitor and later married Amy Gordon Churchill, the daughter of Charles Churchill. Their son, Francis Churchill Still, married Margaret Burdett Money-Coutts, daughter of [Francis Burdett Thomas Coutts-Nevill](/source/Francis_Burdett_Thomas_Coutts-Nevill), 5th [Lord Latymer](/source/Baron_Latimer) and Edith Ellen Churchill, on 8 June 1907. He died on 14 December 1937.<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p1770.htm#i17692 the peerage.com]</ref>

==References==
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Category:1852 births
Category:1931 deaths
Category:English rugby union players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union forwards
Category:Rugby union players from Epsom

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