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birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greensted" title="Greensted">Greensted</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Date of death</th><td class="infobox-data">7 December 1937<span style="display:none">(1937-12-07)</span> (aged 70)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Place of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christ_College,_Brecon" title="Christ College, Brecon">Christ College, Brecon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">University</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magdalen_College,_Oxford" title="Magdalen College, Oxford">Magdalen College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Notable relative(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philip_John_Budworth" title="Philip John Budworth">Philip John Budworth</a> (Father), <a href="/wiki/Charles_Budworth" title="Charles Budworth">Charles Budworth</a> (Brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">school teacher<br />priest</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Position(s)</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" 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University RFC">Oxford University RFC</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1890-?</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Blackheath_F.C." title="Blackheath F.C.">Blackheath F.C.</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1890-1892</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Barbarian_F.C." title="Barbarian F.C.">Barbarian F.C.</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/London_Welsh_RFC" title="London Welsh RFC">London Welsh RFC</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"></th><td class="infobox-data 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career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1890-1891</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 3</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>Richard Thomas Dutton Budworth</b> (17 October 1867 – 7 December 1937)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> forward who played club rugby for <a href="/wiki/Blackheath_F.C." title="Blackheath F.C.">Blackheath</a> and international rugby for <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a>. In 1890 Budworth became one of the original members of the <a href="/wiki/Barbarian_F.C." title="Barbarian F.C.">Barbarians Football Club</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_history">Personal history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Budworth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Budworth was born in 1867 in <a href="/wiki/Greensted" title="Greensted">Greensted</a>, Essex, to <a href="/wiki/Philip_John_Budworth" title="Philip John Budworth">Philip John Budworth</a> and Annie Emily Thomas.<sup id="cite_ref-Clifton_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clifton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Christ_College,_Brecon" title="Christ College, Brecon">Christ College, Brecon</a>, before matriculating to <a href="/wiki/Magdalen_College,_Oxford" title="Magdalen College, Oxford">Magdalen College, Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Clifton_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clifton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon leaving university he taught at <a href="/wiki/Lancing_College" title="Lancing College">Lancing College</a> in West Sussex and then between 1898 and 1907 at <a href="/wiki/Clifton_College" title="Clifton College">Clifton College</a>. He eventually settled in the North of England becoming headmaster of <a href="/wiki/Durham_School" title="Durham School">Durham School</a> (1907 to 1932).<sup id="cite_ref-Clifton_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clifton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his teaching profession Budworth entered the priesthood and was ordained in 1902, before becoming a canon at <a href="/wiki/Durham_Cathedral" title="Durham Cathedral">Durham Cathedral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Clifton_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clifton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_career">Rugby career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Budworth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rugby career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Budworth first came to note as a rugby player when he represented <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_RFC" title="Oxford University RFC">Oxford University</a> while studying at Magdalen College. He played in three <a href="/wiki/The_Varsity_Match" title="The Varsity Match">Varsity Matches</a>, from 1887 to 1889 winning his sporting 'Blues'. During the 1889/90 season and now playing for Blackheath, Budworth was first selected for the England national team, playing in the first English game of the <a href="/wiki/1890_Home_Nations_Championship" title="1890 Home Nations Championship">1890 Home Nations Championship</a>. The English team, although talented, was fairly inexperienced after they missed the previous two Championships. In windy and snowy conditions, England lost to <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> at <a href="/wiki/Crown_Flatt" title="Crown Flatt">Crown Flatt</a> in Dewsbury.<sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths1:7_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths1:7-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Budworth then missed the two remaining games of the Championship, but was reselected for the <a href="/wiki/1891_Home_Nations_Championship" title="1891 Home Nations Championship">1891 Championship</a> for the encounters with Wales and <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a>. After away victories over Wales and then Ireland, the later of which Budworth missed, the England team faced the Scottish in the tournament decider. Despite great early performances from the pack, against Scotland the forwards were routed and the Scottish won in a convincing manner.<sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths1:8_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths1:8-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Budworth never represented his country again. </p><p>As well as his international career, Budworth was also of note in the field of rugby football as he was one of the original members of the invitational touring team, <a href="/wiki/Barbarian_F.C." title="Barbarian F.C.">the Barbarians</a>. He played in their inaugural match at <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Rovers" title="Hartlepool Rovers">Hartlepool</a> in 1890 and went on to represent the side on five occasions, competing in his last match in 1892 against the Corinthians.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barbarians-Football-Club-Originals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Barbarians-Football-Club-Originals.jpg/220px-Barbarians-Football-Club-Originals.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Barbarians-Football-Club-Originals.jpg/330px-Barbarians-Football-Club-Originals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Barbarians-Football-Club-Originals.jpg/440px-Barbarians-Football-Club-Originals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="349" /></a><figcaption>The Barbarians in 1891, Budworth is stood far right with skull and crossbones badge on his jersey</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Budworth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGriffiths1987" class="citation book cs1">Griffiths, John (1987). <i>The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records</i>. London: Phoenix House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-460-07003-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-460-07003-7"><bdi>0-460-07003-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Phoenix+Book+of+International+Rugby+Records&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Phoenix+House&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-460-07003-7&rft.aulast=Griffiths&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Budworth" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJenkins1981" class="citation book cs1">Jenkins, Vivian (1981). <i>Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981-82</i>. Aylesbury: Rothmans Publications Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-907574-05-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-907574-05-X"><bdi>0-907574-05-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rothmans+Rugby+Yearbook+1981-82&rft.place=Aylesbury&rft.pub=Rothmans+Publications+Ltd&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-907574-05-X&rft.aulast=Jenkins&rft.aufirst=Vivian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Budworth" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Budworth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/917.html">Richard Budworth player profile</a> Scrum.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Clifton-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Clifton_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Clifton_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Clifton_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Clifton_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/internationals/england/budworth/budworth.htm">"Richard Thomas Dutton Budworth"</a>. <i>Clifton Rugby Football Club History</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 December</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Clifton+Rugby+Football+Club+History&rft.atitle=Richard+Thomas+Dutton+Budworth&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk%2Finternationals%2Fengland%2Fbudworth%2Fbudworth.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Budworth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Griffiths1:7-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Griffiths1:7_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Griffiths (1981), pg 1:7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Griffiths1:8-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Griffiths1:8_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Griffiths (1981), pg 1:8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/archive/profile/1436/r-t-d-budworth/">"Player Archive - R. 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