Lewis Cannell

Lewis Bernard Cannell (10 June 1926 – 19 March 2003) was an English international rugby union player.

Lewis Cannell

Full name	Lewis Bernard Cannell
Date of birth	(1926-06-10)10 June 1926
Place of birth	Coventry, England
Date of death	19 March 2003(2003-03-19) (aged 76)
Place of death	London, England
School	Northampton Grammar School
University	University of Oxford
Occupation(s)	Radiologist
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1948–57 England 19 (6)

Biography

Born in Coventry, Cannell was a Northampton Grammar School product and studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he won three rugby blues in varsity rugby with Oxford University RFC.^[1]

Cannell played his rugby with Combined Services while serving in the Royal Air Force and made appearances for Northampton, before relocating to London to continue his medical studies at St Mary's Hospital, London.^[2]

A centre, Cannell gained 19 England caps, debuting aged 21 against France in 1948. He scored the only try of England's win over Wales during their 1953 Five Nations-winning campaign and featured twice in their 1957 Five Nations grand slam success. Over the course of his career, Cannell made representative appearances for Barbarians, London Counties, East Midlands and Middlesex.^[3]

Cannell worked as a radiologist at Addington Hospital in Durban, South Africa, then on his return to England was based in Stoke Mandeville Hospital.^[2]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players