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Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge

Birdie Partridge
Birth nameJoseph Edward Crawshay Partridge
Date of birth(1879-07-21)21 July 1879[1]
Place of birthLlanthewy Court, Abergavenny, Wales
Date of death28 August 1965(1965-08-28) (aged 86)[1]
SchoolDulwich College
Occupation(s)Professional Soldier
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1907–10 Army ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1898–1901[2] Newport RFC 162 ()
1905–06 Blackheath F.C. ()
London Welsh ()
1899–1902 Pretoria Quins ()
1904–11[2] Newport RFC ()
1905–15 Barbarians 17[2] ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1902–03 Transvaal ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1903 South Africa 1
1915 Barbarians[2] 1

Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge (21 July 1879 – 28 August 1965) known as "The Bird" or "Birdie",[3] was a Welsh born British Army officer and international rugby union player who was capped for South Africa and was a member of the Barbarians in that side's first international, played against Wales in 1915.[4] He was also the founder of the Army Rugby Union.[3]

  1. ^ a b Birdie Partridge profile on Scrum.com
  2. ^ a b c d Friends of Newport Rugby Trust
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference army was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Wales V Barbarians Classics - 1915[permanent dead link‍]

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