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Maurice Turnbull

Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (died 1944)

Born
March 16, 1906
Died
August 5, 1944
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1906

About Maurice Turnbull

Maurice Joseph Lawson Turnbull (16 March 1906 – 5 August 1944) was a Welsh cricketer who played in nine Test matches for the England cricket team between 1930 and 1936. A talented all round sportsman, Turnbull excelled in several sports. In cricket he captained the Cambridge University team in his final year of college and captained the Glamorgan County Cricket Club for ten seasons. In rugby union he represented Cardiff and London Welsh and gained two full international caps for Wales in 1933. Turnbull also represented Wales at field hockey and was squash champion for South Wales. He is the only person to have played cricket for England and rugby for Wales. == Personal history == Turnbull was born in Cardiff in 1906 into a large sporting family. His father, Philip, was a Welsh international hockey player, winning a bronze medal with the Welsh team (later credited as part of a single Great Britain team) at the 1908 Olympics, and six of his eight sons, including Maurice, played for Cardiff Rugby Club. Turnbull was educated at Downside School near Bath; and the school still has a bar named after him for the use of sixth formers. From Downside he went to Cambridge University and continued his connection with sport by winning sporting Blues in both cricket and hockey.

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Career and life highlights

Maurice Turnbull timeline

  1. During the 1931–32 season, Turnbull played his first senior game for Cardiff, mainly playing at scrum-half, and by 1932 he was representing rugby at county level, playing for Glamorgan.
  2. Turnbull was first selected to play for Wales in the opening match of the 1933 Home Nations Championship, played away to England.
  3. Writing in Wisden in 1978, Basil Easterbrook said: Not the least of Turnbull's achievements was that he was the first man to justify Glamorgan's elevation to first-class status in 1921.

The world when Maurice Turnbull was born

Maurice Turnbull was born in 1906. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1906

  • Best-selling bookThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Hitless Wonders" Chicago White Sox upset Cubs in World Series
  • Top headlineSan Francisco earthquake and fire — 3,000+ killed
  • Technology milestoneFirst radio broadcast of voice and music
  • World population~1.66B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population84.6M

1906 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Maurice Turnbull's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19062026
Population84.6M341 million

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