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Victor Harding

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Victor Harding
Full nameVictor Sydney James Harding
Date of birth(1932-06-18)18 June 1932
Place of birthSouthwark, London, England
Date of death24 November 2017(2017-11-24) (aged 85)
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
SchoolSt Marylebone Grammar School
UniversityUniversity of Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1961–62 England 6 (3)

Victor Sydney James Harding (18 June 1932 – 24 November 2017) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Southwark, Harding was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and the University of Cambridge, where he won three rugby blues.[1] He also played rugby for Middlesex, Sale, Saracens and the Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]

Harding, a lock, was capped six times by England during the early 1960s while a Saracens player. He debuted against France in the 1961 Five Nations Championship and scored England's only try in a 5–5 draw.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "John Price out of England XV". The Guardian Journal. 23 February 1961.
  2. ^ "Sale Build Up Their Power Still Further". Liverpool Echo. 26 August 1961.
  3. ^ "New cap Hardings gets the vital try for England". Sunday Mercury. 26 February 1961.
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