Matthew Bradby

Matthew Seymour Bradby was an English international rugby union player.
Bradby was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, and educated at Rugby School, where his father was a master from 1892 to 1929, as well as the house master of School Field. He was the first England national [rugby union team|England] international produced by the Rugby Lions, gaining two caps as a centre in the 1922 Five Nations, and also played rugby in the Royal Navy.
A Royal Navy commander, Bradby was captain of Heswall Nautical School in Cheshire immediately after World War II and in 1950 became commanding officer of the HMS Mercury training ship.