Deneys Swayne


Deneys Harald Swayne was an English international rugby union player.
The son of a lieutenant colonel, Swayne was born in Roorkee, British India, and attended Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire, before further studies at Worcester College, Oxford, and St George's Hospital.
Swayne was a varsity player at Oxford and gained one England cap, as a wing-forward in a 1931 Five Nations match against Wales at Twickenham, which ended in a 11–11 draw.
In World War II, Swayne served as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was wounded in Normandy.
Swayne was a general practitioner in Stevenage for 35 years, before retiring to Ditcheat, Somerset.