# Percy Bush
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{{Short description|Welsh rugby union player (1879–1955)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Percy Frank Bush
| image = Percy Bush.jpg
| caption = Bush in his Cardiff jersey
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 23 June 1879
| birth_place = [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff), Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|5|19|1879|6|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff), Wales
| height =
| weight =
| position = [Fly-half](/source/Fly-half_(rugby_union)), [half-back](/source/Scrum-half_(rugby_union))
| amatyears1 =
| amatyears2 =
| amatyears3 =
| amatyears4 = 1899–1913
| amatyears5 =
| amatyears6 = 1910
| amatyears7 =
| amatteam1 = [Cardiff Romilly](/source/Cardiff_Romilly)
| amatteam2 = [University College Cardiff](/source/University_College_Cardiff)
| amatteam3 = [Penygraig RFC](/source/Penygraig_RFC)
| amatteam4 = [Cardiff RFC](/source/Cardiff_RFC)
| amatteam5 = [London Welsh RFC](/source/London_Welsh_RFC)
| amatteam6 = [Stade Nantais](/source/Stade_Nantais)
| amatteam7 = [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_RFC)
| amatapps1 =
| amatpoints1 =
| ru_amupdate =
| repteam1 = [British Isles](/source/British_%26_Irish_Lions)
| repteam2 = [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team)
| repyears1 = 1904
| repyears2 = 1905–1910
| repcaps1 = 4
| repcaps2 = 8
| reppoints1 = 20
| reppoints2 = 20
| ru_ntupdate = 2007-07-27
| years1 =
| apps1 =
| points1 =
| ru_clubupdate =
| occupation = School teacher
| university = [University College, Cardiff](/source/University_College%2C_Cardiff)
}}
'''Percy Frank Bush''' (23 June 1879 – 19 May 1955)[{{cite web| url=http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/1650.html |title=Percy Bush |publisher=ESPNscrum |accessdate=5 June 2010 }}] was a [Welsh](/source/Wales) [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player who played international rugby for [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team) on eight occasions. Playing at [fly-half](/source/Fly-half_(rugby_union)), Bush is regarded as one of the most talented Welsh players of the pre-First World War era.[{{cite web| url=http://rugbyrelics.com/Museum/biogs/wales-biogs.htm |title=BUSH Percy Frank – Born Cardiff, 23 June 1879; died Cardiff 19 May 1955 |publisher=rugbyrelics.com |accessdate=27 July 2007}}]
==Rugby career==
Bush played most of his career for [Cardiff RFC](/source/Cardiff_RFC) making 171 appearances and scoring 66 tries between 1899 and 1913. He captained the club for three seasons. He won eight [caps](/source/Cap_(sport))[''Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881–1981'', David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp464 {{ISBN|0-7083-0766-3}}] for Wales (1905–1910), including for the famous ''[Match of the Century](/source/Match_of_the_Century_(rugby_union))'', the 1905 victory over New Zealand. He also played in four tests for the 1904 [British Isles](/source/British_%26_Irish_Lions) on their tour to Australia and New Zealand. This was before he had been capped by Wales. He was the undoubted star of the tour, being dubbed 'Will o' the Wisp' by the Australian press for his devastating play.['Cardiff Sporting Greats', Andrew Hignell and Gwyn Prescott (2007) pp62-63 {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4286-0}}]
==Cricket career==
Bush also played county cricket for [Glamorgan County Cricket Club](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club) and [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club).[[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/102/102345/102345.html Percy Bush cricket statistics] cricketarchive.com] He played in three [Minor Counties Cricket Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Cricket_Championship) matches between 1900 and 1903, all for Glamorgan. His first Minor Counties match was at [St Helens](/source/St._Helen's_Rugby_and_Cricket_Ground) against Wiltshire in 1900. Bush scored just 5 runs in his first innings, but his Glamorgan team won the match before he was required in the second innings. Bush failed to improve in his second match, played against Berkshire at the [Cardiff Arms Park](/source/Cardiff_Arms_Park) in 1902; scoring a single run in his only innings. Despite this Glamorgan won by an innings and ten runs. His final encounter for Glamorgan, was against a Surrey Second XI in 1903. Glamorgan lost the match by 61 runs, and Bush failed to enhance his record with 6 runs over two innings.
==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s2-BUSH-FRA-1879.html?query=rugby&field=content |title= BUSH, PERCY FRANK |dictionary=[Dictionary of Welsh Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Welsh_Biography) |last=Williams |first=Gareth |accessdate=27 July 2007}}
*{{cite web| title=Percy Bush, from Cardiff to Nantes... |publisher=rugby-pioneers.blogs.com |url=http://rugby-pioneers.blogs.com/rugby/2007/06/percy_bush_from.html |accessdate=27 July 2007 |date=1 June 2007 |first=Frederic |last=Humbert}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/teamsheet.asp?level1=Database&level2=ABC&MT_ID=1086 |title=86th All Black Game |publisher=rugbymuseum.co.nz |accessdate=27 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021222055/http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/teamsheet.asp?level1=Database&level2=ABC&MT_ID=1086 |archive-date=21 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.wru.co.uk/114_4360.php |title=WALES' GRAND SLAM HISTORY |publisher=wru.co.uk |date=21 March 2005 |accessdate=27 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203147/http://www.wru.co.uk/114_4360.php |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=1083 |title=7th All Black Test: 83rd All Black Game |publisher=stats.allblacks.com |accessdate=27 July 2007 }}
*{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/102/102345/102345.html |title=Percy Bush |publisher=Glamorgan Cricket Archive|accessdate=28 December 2008 }}
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{{succession box|title=[Cardiff RFC](/source/Cardiff_RFC) captain|before=[Cecil Biggs](/source/Cecil_Biggs)|after=[Rhys Gabe](/source/Rhys_Gabe)|years=1905–1907}}
{{succession box|title=[Cardiff RFC](/source/Cardiff_RFC) captain|before=[Rhys Gabe](/source/Rhys_Gabe)|after=[Johnnie Williams](/source/Johnny_Williams_(rugby_union%2C_born_1882))|years=1908–1909}}
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