Ronald Cove-Smith
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| Ronald Cove-Smith in 1933 | |||
| Full name | Ronald Cove Smith | ||
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| Date of birth | 26 November 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Edmonton, Middlesex | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Brighton, England | ||
| School | Merchant Taylors' School | ||
| University | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | ||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Lock | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Cambridge University R.U.F.C. Old Merchant Taylors King's College Hospital RFC |
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1921–1929 1924 |
England British Isles |
29 4 |
(3) (0) |
Dr Ronald Cove-Smith (26 November 1899 in Edmonton, Middlesex – 9 March 1988 in Brighton) was a distinguished English physician and sportsman. He represented Old Merchant Taylors and King's College Hospital RFC. Internationally he represented the England national rugby union team in 29 tests (1921–1929) (seven as captain) and also captained the British Isles in four tests on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa as a lock. He finished on the winning side in 22 of his 29 England matches. He was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in 1918–1919. In addition to rugby he excelled at swimming and water-polo, winning half-blues in each.[1]
Rugby career
Cove-Smith was a talented schoolboy player at Merchant Taylors School, and carried that talent through to university, playing in three Varsity Matches for Cambridge University from 1919 to 1921, winning his sporting 'Blues'.[2] He led the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, losing three of the four tests and drawing one. As captain, he led England to the 1928 Grand Slam and he was inducted onto the World Rugby Museum Wall of Fame[3] in 2001.
He also led a distinguished medical career and served as a vice-president of the British Medical Association.
Personal life
In 1933, he married Florence Margaret Harris.[4] Together, they had three children: Rona Cove-Smith (now Blythe), Penelope Cove-Smith (now Newell-Price) and John Rodney Cove-Smith. Penelope and Rodney followed in their father's footsteps by reading medicine and Rona followed her mother in becoming a nurse, later co-authoring Guidelines for Clinical Nursing Practices: Related to a Nursing Model.[5]
References
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- ↑ Ronald Cove-Smith at the RFU Wall of Fame
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- ↑ Blythe, Rona, McCall, Janice M., Jamieson, Elizabeth (1988) Guidelines for Clinical Nursing Practices: Related to a Nursing Model. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0443037949
External links
- The English Rugby Museum
- England Rugby Photo Store
- The England Rugby Wall of Fame
- International Rugby Career
- The Royal College of Physicians
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | English National Rugby Union Captain 1928 – February 1929 |
Succeeded by Joe Periton |
| Preceded by | British & Irish Lions Captain 1924 |
Succeeded by David MacMyn |
- EngvarB from August 2013
- Use dmy dates from September 2014
- 1899 births
- 1988 deaths
- People from Edmonton, London
- People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
- 20th-century English medical doctors
- English rugby union players
- British and Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
