Whalley Stranach

Rugby player

Whalley Stranach

Birth name| Whalley Seath Stranach

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Date of birth| 22 August 1886
Place of birth| Durban, Natal
Date of death| 17 January 1966[1]
University| Guy's Hospital Medical School
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Forward

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Amateur team(s)
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
|  Guy's Hospital, Barbarians, Kent[2]|  |  ()
International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1910|  Combined British|  1|

Whalley Seath Stranach (22 August 1886, Durban-17 January 1966, Durban) was a South African Rugby player who toured Argentina with the Combined British team in 1910.[2] Stranach was a dentist who qualified at Guy's Hospital in 1912. He played for Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' Rugby Football Club. He also played for Barbarians[3] and Kent.[2]

## Family life

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Whalley was a descendant of the Stranacks of Margate,[4] the son of William Stranack and Elizabeth Jane Spencer. Whalley married Mabel Clare in Marylebone in 1916, whom he divorced, remarrying Vivienne Strelitzia Royston on 7 February 1931 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. They had one son, John Seath Stranack, who emigrated to the United States.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Whalley Seath Stranack". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
2. ^ a b c "#165 Whalley Stranack". British & Irish Lions. Lions Rugby. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
3. ^ "TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL,1910-03-28". The South Wales Daily Post. 28 March 1910. Retrieved 13 July 2021 - via newspapers.library.wales.
4. ^ Ponting, Caroline. "Vol. IV - Appendix H :: Pontings-family-history". www.ponting-family-history.org. Caroline Ponting. Retrieved 13 July 2021.