Cecil Kershaw

Cecil Kershaw

Full name	Cecil Ashworth Kershaw
Date of birth	(1895-02-03)3 February 1895
Date of death	1 November 1972(1972-11-01) (aged 77)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1920-1923  England 16 ()

Cecil Ashworth Kershaw (3 February 1895 – 1 November 1972) was a British sportsman during the 1920s. He was an Olympic fencer who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games^[1] and was also a rugby union player who represented the Royal Navy as a scrum-half and was capped by England 16 times between 1920 and 1923.^[2] Kershaw formed a notable half-back partnership with W. J. A. Davies for both the Navy and England; in their 14 matches together for England they never finished on the losing side.

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