Edwin Mayfield

Edwin Mayfield

Full name	W. Edwin Mayfield
Date of birth	(1870-07-21)21 July 1870
Place of birth	Brantingham, England
Date of death	18 January 1961(1961-01-18) (aged 90)
School	Lockers Park School The Leys School
University	Caius College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Solicitor & soldier
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1891	British Isles	2	(0)

Edwin Mayfiled (21 July 1870 – 18 January 1961)^[1] was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Lions tour in 1891. He was educated for the law but became a professional soldier.

Personal life

Mayfield was born in Brantingham, Yorkshire in 1870 to Joseph Robinson Mayfield, a paper manufacturer from Hemel Hemstead. Mayfield was educated at several schools, including Lockers Park School and The Leys School, before going up to Caius College, Cambridge in 1888.^[2] He graduated in 1891 and was called to the bar, through the Middle Temple in 1898.

By 1900, Mayfield had joined the British Army and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Sussex Artilley. He saw active service during the First World War, reaching the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and also served with the newly formed Royal Air Force.

Rugby career

Mayfield first came to note as a rugby player, when he represented Cambridge during his student years. In 1891 he won a sporting 'Blue' when he represented Cambridge in the 1891 Varsity Match. In 1891 Mayfield was selected to take part in the first official British Isles tour when he joined Bill Maclagan's team on their tour of South Africa. Mayfield was not part of the First Test at Port Elizabeth, but played in both the Second Test at Kimberley and the Third Test in Cape Town; both wins over the South African national team.

Bibliography

• Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7. 

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