John Hume Burges (26 October 1928 – 14 January 2015) was an Irish

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played in the scrum-half position. He was educated at

St John's School, Leatherhead Seek those things which are above , established = , closed = , type = Public SchoolIndependent school Co-educational day, weekly and flexi boarding , religious_affiliation = Church of England , p ...

and was

capped In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the ea ...

twice for

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

.The Quest Goes On, Being a Short History of the First Hundred Years of St John's School, Leatherhead, by E.M.P. Williams. Published Leatherhead, 1951, p.50

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgess, John Hume 1928 births 2015 deaths Ireland international rugby union players People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead Rugby union players from County Tipperary Rugby union scrum-halves