John Bance

John Forsyth Bance was an English international rugby union player.
Bance was born in Kingsclere, Hampshire. He attended Radley College and Clare College, Cambridge.
A lock, Bance captained Bedford and was an East Midlands representative player, featuring in their 1950–51 County Championship-winning side. He took part in his first England trials in 1951, then got his solitary call up three years later, playing in their Calcutta Cup win over Scotland Murrayfield.
Bance farmed in Cambridgeshire for the remainder of his life.