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| Full name | Samuel Airey Martindale | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 May 1905 Kendal, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 January 1986 (aged 80) Kendal, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Airey Martindale (5 May 1905 – 19 January 1986) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Martindale made his maiden competitive appearance aged 14, when the Preston Grasshoppers visited him hometown of Kendal and required an additional player.[2] He made an impression as by the following season he was playing with the Kendal firsts, where he would spend his entire career.[2]
A goal-kicking forward, Martindale amassed over 1,000 points for his club Kendal, which included a 92-goal season.[2] He also played 56 county matches for Cumberland and was capped for England as a lock-forward in a 1929 Five Nations against France at Colombes.[3] In 1930, Martindale toured Australasia with the British Lions, appearing in the one-off Test match against the Wallabies in Sydney.[4] He retired with two international caps, one for England and one for the Lions, but was a reserve in a further 21 international matches.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Legend's shirt found". The Westmorland Gazette. 25 July 2003.
- 1 2 3 4 "Sam Martindale". Manchester Evening News. 10 September 1936.
- ↑ "Kendal Rugby Club legend features on their new gin bottle". The Westmorland Gazette. 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "Who's Who With The Britishers". The Daily Telegraph. 23 July 1930.
External links
[edit]- Sam Martindale at ESPNscrum (archived)
- 1905 births
- 1986 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C. players
- Cumbria RU players
- Rugby union players from Cumbria
- Sportspeople from Kendal
- Rugby union locks
- 20th-century English sportsmen