Irish rugby international seriously injured

Dardanelles, 18 August 1915 - The former Irish international rugby player James Cecil Parke has been wounded in the Dardanelles.

Parke, who played twenty times for Ireland as a three-quarter (including three caps as captain), is also an outstanding tennis player. He won silver in the mens’ doubles at the 1908 Olympic Games and also won the 1912 Australian Open singles and the 1915 Wimbledon mixed doubles titles.

Short film by Adam Darnell on James Cecil Parke: A Forgotten Hero of Irish Sport

Considered one of the greatest sportsmen that Ireland has ever produced, Parke also represented the country at golf and was an outstanding athlete who specialised at sprint events.

[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]