Walter Julius Carey b. 12 July 1875 d. 17 February 1955 Walter was an English rugby union forward, Anglican chaplain and theological author. Carey played club rugby for Oxford University and Blackheath and played international rugby for the British Isles XV in their 1896 tour of South Africa. He saw service as a Military Chaplain in the First World War and was once the Bishop of Bloemfontein.
Although Carey never played international rugby for England, he was selected in 1896 to represent the British Isles in their tour of South Africa, after being nominated by his university along with Cuth Mullins Carey played in all four Tests against the South Africans, and scored a try in the opening Test at Port Elizabeth. During the War, Carey served as a Chaplain to the Royal Navy and was present at the Battle of Jutland, onboard the battleship HMS Warspite. Carey married during wartime, to Fanny Emma Parfitt in 1917. They had one child, Wilfred Herbert.
Annie Thanks. He's another that I'd missed - the men who were Lions, but didn't play for their own country are harder to research. Gareth
You know .. it's still amazing to me how many Rugby players were "men of the cloth " or were the children of the same !
Annie Remember that, as we all know, Rugby is the game they play in Heaven. This might account for it. Gareth
