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Alexander Todd (rugby union)
Alexander Findlater Todd (20 September 1873 – 21 April 1915)〔(Alexander Todd player profile ) Scrum.com〕 was an English rugby union forward who played for Cambridge University and Blackheath F.C. at club level, and Kent at county level. Todd played international rugby for England and later represented the British Isles team on their 1896 tour of South Africa.
Todd was an all-round sportsman, captaining his school team in association football and playing cricket for Berkshire in 23 Minor Counties Cricket Championship matches between 1910 and 1913.〔(Alexander Todd cricket profile ) cricketarchive.co.uk〕 The Wisden obituaries of 1915 refer to Todd as a '...capital wicket keeper'.〔(Obituaries in 1915 ) cricinfo.com/〕
==Personal history==
Todd was born in Lewisham in 1873 to Bruce Beveridge Todd, a wine merchant from Forest Hill, and Phoebe Brooker. He was educated at Mill Hill School before matriculating to Caius College in 1892.〔 He received his BA in 1892, and after leaving university he joined the British Army, and saw action in the Second Boer War with both Roberts' Horse and Carrington's Horse.〔(Alexander Findlater Todd ) millhillatwar.org.uk〕 He rose to the rank of squadron leader during the campaign and was wounded in action. On his return to Britain he set up in business in London, and on 2 December 1902 he married Alice Mary Crean,〔 sister of Thomas Joseph Crean with whom Todd toured South Africa in 1896.
In 1914 he joined the special Reserve Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment and reached the rank of captain whilst serving in France during the First World War. In 1915, Todd was part of the British assault on Hill 60 at Ypres Salient. He was seriously wounded during the action and died of his injuries on 21 April. His remains are buried at Poperinge Old Military Cemetery.
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