Edward Massey (rugby union)

Edward Massey
Birth nameEdward John Massey
Date of birth2 July 1900
Place of birthWest Derby, Liverpool, England
Date of death30 April 1977(1977-04-30) (aged 76)
Place of deathWoking, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1923-1925 Leicester Tigers 31 (18)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1925 England 3 (0)

Edward John Massey (2 July 1900 – 30 April 1977)[1] was a rugby union scrum half who played 3 times for England in the 1925 Five Nations Championship. He played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Liverpool.

Massey made his Leicester Tigers debut on New Years Day, 1923, against Headingley but featured intermittently for the rest of the season and the 1923–24 season. In the 1924–25 he became a regular playing 25 games for the club and earning his international cap.[2]

Massey is thought to be England's first Roman Catholic international.[3] He made his debut on 17 January 1925 against Wales at Twickenham in a 12-6 win.[4] He then featured in a draw against Ireland and following a loss to Scotland he was dropped and never selected again. His last game for Leicester was the week before against Northampton Saints at Welford Road.[2]

  1. ^ "Edward Massey". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. pp. 80–89. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  3. ^ Collins, Tony (13 January 2009). A Social History of English Rugby Union. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 9781134023356.
  4. ^ "England (6) 12 - 6 (3) Wales (FT)". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 3 June 2017.