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Boobbyer quit at his peak to aid post war reconciliation

BRIAN Boobbyer was arguably Uppingham’s finest ever rugby player – certainly in modern times – but, as a committed Christian who had been shocked by the carnage of World War 2 he gave the game up at the height of his powers to work for Frank Buchman’s Moral Rearmament Programme (MRA).
While at school Boobbyer represented England schoolboys at cricket, scoring a century at Lord’s against the Combined Services, and also served as head boy. His conversion to rugby came in an U15 house game. Up to that point he had been unenthusiastic about the sport but ...

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