Former England Students and Durham University player also earned England Sevens honours in the 2004/5 campaign, plays for Newcastle Falcons...
Born: 8th Sep 1982
Flying winger Phillips made his Falcons first team debut against Saracens in the 2004/5 season, scoring a try at Vicarage Road after coming on from the bench.
Ritchie is best remembered for being a three time medalist at the 1908 London Olympics. At the Games he won a gold (men's singles), silver (men's doubles) and bronze (men's indoor singles) medal. In 1908 and 1910 he and Tony Wilding won the doubles in Wimbledon. In 1909 he lost the Wimbledon singles final. He also won the Irish championships in 1907 and the German championships 1903 - 1906 and 1908 (in 1904 and 1906 also the doubles there). In 1908 he was member of the British Davis Cup team.
Head of England Women's Cricket, Clare is a former England cricket captain. At the age of 30, she was awarded the OBE after leading England to their first Ashes win in 42 years. Clare retired from playing for England in 2006 with over 100 international caps and having led the side for 6 years.
James Duncan Hamilton - Formula One racing driver, winner of the tragic 1953 Le Mans race.
Born: 30th April, 1920, Cork
Died: 13th May 1994, Sherbourne
Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1988 Jim Clark Trophy... now owner of Brands Hatch race track.
Born: 7th November, 1956, London, Palmer's path to the top of motor racing was hardly typical. With no family experience of motorsport competition, Palmer scavenged £162 for a tatty Austin Healey Sprite when he started as an 18 year old medical student at Guy's in London.
Alan Mann (L. 1950-53) died on 21st March 2012 aged 75. He was a part-time racing driver and team manager who ran a substantial part of the hugely successful Ford works racing effort in Europe from 1964 to 1969.
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