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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Noel Forbes Humphreys
| image = [[File:Noel Humphreys.png|Noel Humphreys with the British Isles team in 1910]]
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| birth_name = Noel Forbes Humphreys
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|12|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Llangan]] Rectory, [[Bridgend]], [[Glamorgan]]<ref name="CWGC">[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/502470 Commonwealth War Graves Commission]</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1918|03|27|1890|12|01|df=yes}}
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| ru_position = [[fly-half]] (stand-off)
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| school = [[Denstone College|St Chad's College, Denstone]]<br>[[Durham School]]
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'''Noel Forbes Humphreys''' (1 December 1890 – 27 March 1918) was a Welsh [[rugby union]] international who was part of the first official [[British and Irish Lions]] team that [[1910 British Lions tour to South Africa|toured South Africa in 1910]]. He was killed in action in the [[First World War]].

==Early life==
Noel Forbes Humphreys was born in 1891 in Llangan Rectory, [[Bridgend]], [[Wales]]. He was the son of Henry James Humphreys and Sydney (née Williams) and one of at least six children. His family moved from Wales to northern England as his father's profession within the Church dictated. By the time Humphreys began playing rugby at club level the family had passed through Cheshire and had settled at Thornley Vicarage, [[Tow Law]], [[Co. Durham]]. He attended [[Denstone College|St Chad's College, Denstone]] and went on to [[Durham School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37940175|title=Remembrance Sunday: The Great War's unknown rugby stars|work=BBC Sport|date=13 November 2016|accessdate=13 November 2016|first=Rob|last=Cole}}</ref>

==Rugby career==
Humphreys played for [[Tynedale R.F.C.]] in what has been termed their [[Tynedale R.F.C.#1905-1914 The Golden Years|Golden Years]]. During the decade up to the outbreak of the [[First World War]] Tynedale won no fewer than 15 trophies, including the Senior Cup on three occasions and the Senior Shield four times in a row between 1909 and 1912. It was a run of success which, during this period, saw a score of Tynedale players being honoured by selection for their respective counties. Humphreys was part of the side in that period, playing in the stand-off (or fly-half) position<ref>[http://www.tynedalerfc.co.uk/archives/pastpoints.htm www.tynedalerfc.co.uk]</ref> It was during this period that Humphreys was selected for the 1910 [[British and Irish Lions|British]] [[1910 British Lions tour to South Africa|tour to South Africa]], the first official tour of the British Isles team (in that it was sanctioned and selected by the four Home Nations official governing bodies). Despite playing for the British team, he was never selected for his national side.

==First World War==
Humphreys fought in the [[First World War]] as a [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] in the [[Royal Tank Regiment|Tank Corps]] (10th Battalion). He was [[Mentioned in Despatches]] and was also awarded the [[Military Cross]]. He was killed in action on 27 March 1918 and is commemorated at [[Etaples Military Cemetery]].<ref name="CWGC"/>

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[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
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[[Category:Burials at Étaples Military Cemetery]]

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