# Gordon Cridlan

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{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name           = Arthur Cridlan
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| full_name      = Arthur Gordon Cridlan
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1909|07|09|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Ealing](/source/Ealing), England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1993|01|17|1909|07|09|df=y}}
| death_place    = [Exeter](/source/Exeter), England
| height         =
| weight         =
| occupation     = Hotel manager
| school         = [Uppingham School](/source/Uppingham_School)
| university     = [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford)
| relatives      =
| position       = Wing-forward
| repyears1      = 1935
| repteam1       = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps1       = 3
| reppoints1     = 0
}}
'''Arthur Gordon Cridlan''' (9 July 1909 – 17 January 1993) was an English international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.

Cridlan was born in [Ealing](/source/Ealing) and attended [Uppingham School](/source/Uppingham_School), where he captained the rugby team in 1926–27.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blue For A. G. Cridlan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/792035506 |work=[The Citizen](/source/Gloucester_Citizen) |date=29 November 1928}}</ref>

A three-time [Oxford](/source/Oxford_University_RFC) blue, Cridlan spent the remainder of his rugby career with [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath_F.C.) and in 1935 played wing-forward for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) in three [Home Nations](/source/Six_Nations_Championship) matches, debuting against [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team) at Twickenham.<ref>{{cite news |title=Can Giles Hold Veteran Powell? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/789819171 |work=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror) |date=19 January 1935}}</ref>

Cridlan was director of the [Regent Hotel](/source/Regent_Hotel) in Leamington Spa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hotel boss saw transformation |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005354/19930122/089/0007 |work=Warwick Courier |date=22 January 1993}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of England national rugby union players](/source/List_of_England_national_rugby_union_players)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|4246}}

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Category:1909 births
Category:1993 deaths
Category:English rugby union players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union wing-forwards
Category:Rugby union players from the London Borough of Ealing
Category:Blackheath F.C. players
Category:Oxford University RFC players
Category:People educated at Uppingham School
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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