Name Ephraim Curzon | Height 1.80 m | |
Ephraim Curzon (birth registered January→March 1883 — death unknown) birth registered in Crumpsall, Prestwich district, was an English soldier, and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and 1910s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for British Army Rugby Union, and at club level for Carlisle RFC[1][2], Lismore RFC[3] (Edinburgh), and Kirkcaldy RFC[4] (Fife), and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Lancashire, and at club level for Salford, as a second-row, or loose forward/lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums, he served as a British soldier in South Africa during the Second Boer War.
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International honours
Ephraim Curzon was selected to play during the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand (RL) while at Salford, he won caps against Australia, and Australasia.
Representative honours
Ephraim Curzon represented the British Army Rugby Union (RU) scoring both tries against South Africa.
Club career
Ephraim Curzon's final match for Salford took place against Hull Kingston Rovers in April 1911, though Salford retained Curzon's playing registration until 1915.