William David Doherty

W. D. Doherty
Rugby union career
Full name	William David Doherty
Date of birth	(1893-07-17)17 July 1893
Place of birth	Wandsworth, England
Date of death	31 March 1966(1966-03-31) (aged 72)
School	Dulwich College
University	Cambridge University
Occupation(s)	Surgeon
Playing career
Position	Lock^[1]
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1913 1919-1922 1921	Cambridge University Guys Hospital RC United Hospitals^[2] County Surrey
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1920-1921	Ireland	7

William David Doherty, M.A., M.Ch., F.R.C.S., known as George Doherty^[3] was a medical superintendent of Guy's Hospital, London, and a former captain of the Ireland national rugby union team.

Early life

William David Doherty was born on 17 July 1893, in south London. He attended Dulwich College where he played rugby and for three years represented his school at the Public Schools boxing championships. He proceeded to King's College, Cambridge, to study medicine. Having broken his education to serve in the first world war, he graduated B.A. in 1917. He immediately entered Guy's Hospital Medical School, qualifying with the Conjoint diploma in 1920.

Rugby career

Caricature from The Sketch magazine in 1922. Doherty in top left

By the time George Doherty entered Guy's his reputation as a rugby forward was already well established. Whilst at Dulwich College he played in an unbeaten first XV in 1909 which contained five future internationals dubbed the 'Famous Five'.^[4] These five would all go on to play in the 1913 Varsity match, (and also produced the captains of both Oxford and Cambridge in 1919), and all served in the First World War. They were Eric Loudoun-Shand and Grahame Donald who both went on to play for Scotland, Doherty himself who went on to play for and captain Ireland, Jenny Greenwood who went on to play for and captain England and the record-breaking Cyril Lowe.

From Dulwich College, Doherty went to Cambridge University. He was selected for the 1913 varsity match. On his team were two of his former school team mates, CN Lowe and JE Greenwood, on the opposing side were Eric Loudoun-Shand and Graham Donald also from Dulwich. After the first world war Doherty was selected to play for Ireland.^[5] In addition, at Cambridge he was also awarded a half-Blue for water polo.

Guy's benefited from having Doherty in their side, but he was not the lone international playing for the side. The Guy's side that he captained for three years, played in the post-war years in which Guy's was regarded as the amongst the finest, if not the finest, club side in the country. It also included many famous players from South Africa (at one point there were 14 South Africans and himself.^[6]) and Wales. Doherty's former school friend and fellow international, Eric Loudoun-Shand, said that Doherty was "the lightest and toughest forward, a player who was always on the ball, and a magnificent leader." This view was born out by the fact whilst captain of Guy's Doherty was also capped seven times for Ireland and captained them in 1921.^[7] In 1921 he was also the captain of the United Hospitals RFC.^[7] In one season he captained Ireland, United Hospitals, Surrey and Guy's.^[8]

After his playing days were over, Doherty maintained a strong relationship with Guy's Hospital Rugby and served as President from 1943-1951.^[9]

Personal and later life

In 1922 George Doherty married Annie Ruth Margaret Barber and they had two sons and a daughter.^[8] When he retired in 1958 he continued to serve the hospital and in 1961 he was appointed a Governor and was Chairman of the Nursing and Nurses Education Committee. He was also a Governor of the Medical School. He was also a member of a number of medical dining clubs, one of which, the Cambridge Medical Graduates Club, he was president. After his retirement he was also an active mason and regularly visited South Africa.^[6]

He died suddenly on 31 March 1966 a week after an operation on his hip.

References

↑ IRFU official site
↑ United Hospitals Rugby website
↑ Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, v.39(1); Jul 1966
↑ Jan Piggot, Dulwich College: A History, 1616-2008, 2008, ISBN 0-9539493-2-X
↑ Sporting Honours : Old Alleynians
1 2 11 June 1966, S.A. MEDICAL JOURNAL, p500
1 2 Dulwich College Sporting Honours
1 2 "In Memoriam" (PDF). Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1966.
↑ "Honours Board at official site of Guy's Rugby". guysrugby.com.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dickie Lloyd Dickie Lloyd	Ireland Rugby Union Captain Feb 1920 1921	Succeeded by Thomas Wallace William Collopy

Ireland national rugby union team captains

To 1900	Feb 1875: G.H. Stack Dec 1875: R.J. Bell Feb 1877: R. Galbraith Feb 1877: W.H. Wilson Mar 1878: R.B. Walkington 1879: W.C. Neville 1880: H.C. Kelly 1881-Jan 1882: A.J. Forrest Feb 1882: J.W. Taylor 1883: G. Scriven Feb 1884: J.A. McDonald Mar 1884: D.F. Moore Feb 1885: W.G. Rutherford Mar 1885: A.J. Forrest Feb 1886: M. Johnston Feb 1886: J.P. Ross 1887: R.G. Warren Feb–Mar 1888: H.J. Neill Dec 1888–90: R.G. Warren Feb–Mar 1891: Dolway Walkington Mar 1891: R. Stevenson 1892: Victor Le Fanu 1893: S. Lee 1894: E.G. Forrest Feb 1895: J.H. O'Conor Mar 1895: C.V. Rooke Mar 1895: E.G. Forrest 1896: S. Lee 1897: E.G. Forrest Feb 1898: S. Lee Feb 1898: G.G. Allen Mar 1898: W. Gardiner 1899–1900: Louis Magee

To the First World War	1901: Louis Magee Feb 1902: J. Fulton Mar 1902: Louis Magee 1903–Feb 1904: Harry Corley Mar 1904–06: C.E. Allen Feb 1906: Alfred Tedford Feb 1906–07: C.E. Allen Feb 1908: Harry Thrift Feb–Mar 1908: James Parke Feb 1909: Fred Gardiner Mar 1909: George Hamlet Mar 1909: Fred Gardiner Feb 1910: George Hamlet Mar 1910: Tom Smyth Mar 1910–11: George Hamlet Jan 1912: Dickie Lloyd Feb 1912: Alexander Foster Feb 1912–Feb 1914: Dickie Lloyd Feb–Mar 1914: Alexander Foster

To the Second World War	Feb 1920: Dickie Lloyd Feb 1920: George Doherty Mar 1920: Thomas Wallace Apr 1920: Dickie Lloyd 1921: George Doherty Feb 1922: William Collopy Apr 1922–23: John Thompson Jan–Feb 1924: William Crawford Feb 1924: William Collopy Mar 1924–27: William Crawford 1928–Feb 1929: George Stephenson Feb 1929: Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30: George Stephenson 1931: Mark Sugden 1932: George Beamish Feb 1933: Eugene Davy Mar 1932: George Beamish Apr 1933: Eugene Davy 1934–36: Jack Siggins 1937–Feb 1938: George Morgan Mar 1938: Sam Walker 1939: George Morgan

To the Professional Era	Jan–Feb 1947: Con Murphy Feb–Mar 1947: Jack Monteith Dec 1947–Jan 1948: Ernest Strathdee Feb 1948–Mar 1951: Karl Mullen Dec 1951–Sep 1952: Des O'Brien Jan 1953–Jan 1954: Jack Kyle Feb–Mar 1954: Jim McCarthy Jan 1955: Robin Thompson Feb 1955: Jim McCarthy Feb–Mar 1955: Robin Thompson Jan–Feb 1956: James Ritchie Feb 1956–Apr 1958: Noel Henderson Feb–Apr 1959: Ronnie Dawson Feb–Mar 1960: Andy Mulligan Apr 1960–May 1961: Ronnie Dawson Feb–Nov 1962: Bill Mulcahy Jan 1963: Tom Kiernan Feb–Mar 1963: Bill Mulcahy Dec 1963: James Kelly Feb–Mar 1964: Bill Mulcahy Jan 1965–Feb 1966: Ray McLoughlin Mar 1966: Tom Kiernan Jan–Apr 1967: Noel Murphy May 1967–Jan 1971: Tom Kiernan Feb–Mar 1971: Mike Gibson Jan 1972–Feb 1973: Tom Kiernan Mar 1973–Mar 1975: Willie John McBride Jan–Feb 1976: Mike Gibson Feb 1976–Mar 1977: Tom Grace Jan–Mar 1978: John Moloney Nov 1978–Nov 1981: Fergus Slattery Jan 1982–Feb 1984: Ciaran Fitzgerald Feb–Mar 1984: Willie Duggan Nov 1984–Mar 1986: Ciaran Fitzgerald Nov 1986–Apr 1988: Donal Lenihan Oct 1988–Mar 1989: Phillip Matthews Nov 1989–Feb 1990: Willie Anderson Mar–Oct 1990: Donal Lenihan Feb–Mar 1991: Rob Saunders July 1991: Phillip Matthews July 1991: Rob Saunders Oct 1991–Feb 1992: Phillip Matthews Oct 1991: Terry Kingston Mar–May 1992: Phil Danaher Jun 1992: Michael Bradley Oct 1992: Phil Danaher Jan 1993–Nov 1994: Michael Bradley Jan 1995: Brendan Mullin Feb–Mar 1995: Michael Bradley Mar–May 1995: Terry Kingston May 1995: Nick Popplewell Jun 1995: Terry Kingston

To the Present Day	Nov 1995–Feb 1996: Jim Staples Mar–Nov 1996: Niall Hogan Nov 1996–Jan 1997: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 1997: Jim Staples Nov 1997: Keith Wood Nov 1997: Nick Popplewell Dec 1997–Apr 1998: Keith Wood Jun 1998–Apr 1999: Paddy Johns Jun–Oct 1999: Dion O'Cuinneagain 2000–Feb 2001: Keith Wood Jun 2001: Mick Galwey Sep–Oct 2001: Keith Wood Nov 2001: Anthony Foley Nov 2001: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 2002: Mick Galwey Mar 2002: David Humphreys Apr–Jun 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Sep 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Nov 2002–Mar 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2003: David Humphreys Jun 2003: Reggie Corrigan Aug 2003: Keith Wood Aug 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Sep–Nov 2003: Keith Wood Feb 2004: Paul O'Connell Feb 2004– Feb 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2005: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2005: David Humphreys Nov 2005: Simon Easterby Nov 2005: David Humphreys 2006–Feb 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2007: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2007: Brian O'Driscoll May–Jun 2007: Simon Best Aug 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2007: Paul O'Connell Sep 2007–Mar 2008: Brian O'Driscoll Mar 2008: Ronan O'Gara Jun 2008–Mar 2009: Brian O'Driscoll May 2009: Rory Best Nov 2009–Mar 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Leo Cullen Aug 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Paul O'Connell Sep 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Sep 2011: Leo Cullen Oct 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2012–Mar 2012: Paul O'Connell Mar 2012: Rory Best Jun 2012: Brian O'Driscoll Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Jamie Heaslip Jun 2013: Peter O'Mahony Nov 2013: Jamie Heaslip Nov 2013: Paul O'Connell Feb 2014: Jamie Heaslip Feb–Nov 2014: Paul O'Connell Nov 2014: Eoin Reddan Nov 2014–Mar 2015: Paul O'Connell Aug 2015: Jamie Heaslip Aug 2015: Seán O'Brien Aug–Sep 2015: Paul O'Connell Sep 2015: Jamie Heaslip Oct 2015: Paul O'Connell Oct 2015: Jamie Heaslip Feb 2016–Nov 2016: Rory Best Nov 2016: Peter O'Mahony

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