Whalley Stranach

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Whalley Stranach
Birth nameWhalley Seath Stranach
Date of birth22 August 1886
Place of birthDurban, Natal
Date of death17 January 1966[1]
UniversityGuy's Hospital Medical School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Guy's Hospital, Barbarians, Kent[2] ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1910 Combined British 1

Whalley Seath Stranach (22 August 1886, Durban-17 January 1966, Durban) was a South African Rugby player who toured Argentina with the Combined British team in 1910.[2] Stranach was a dentist[3] who qualified at Guy's Hospital in 1912.[4] He played for Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' Rugby Football Club. He also played for Barbarians[5] and Kent.[2]

Family life[]

Whalley was a descendant of the Stranacks of Margate,[6] the son of William Stranack and Elizabeth Jane Spencer. Whalley married Mabel Clare in Marylebone in 1916,[4] whom he divorced, remarrying Vivienne Strelitzia Royston on 7 February 1931 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. They had one son, John Seath Stranack, who emigrated to the United States.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Whalley Seath Stranack". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "#165 Whalley Stranack". British & Irish Lions. Lions Rugby. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Whalley Seath Stranack (1887)". WIKItree. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Whalley Seath Stranack". geni_family_tree. Geni.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL,1910-03-28". newspapers.library.wales (28th March 1910). The South Wales Daily Post. 1910. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ Ponting, Caroline. "Vol. IV - Appendix H :: Pontings-family-history". www.ponting-family-history.org. Caroline Ponting. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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