Birth name | Eric John Bardsley | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1903 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
School | Newington College | ||||||||||||||||
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Eric [Rick] John Bardsley (1903–1958) was an Australian Rugby Union player and represented for the Wallabies three times.[1]
Bardsley attended Newington College (1918–1923) and played Rugby in the 1st XV for three years.[2]
Bardsley played in the back row and represented Northern Suburbs Rugby Club in 139 1st Grade games. In 1928 he toured New Zealand and played in three Test matches.[3]
In 1942 Bardsley admitted to sending food parcels to Russia and after his patriotism to Australia was questioned by fellow members of Norths Rugby, he and his brother-in-law, fellow Wallaby Wal Mackney, resigned from the club.[4]