Francis Eckley Oakeley (5 February 1891 – 1 December 1914) was an English rugby player. Having been educated at Hereford Cathedral School, he later played as a scrum-half and won four caps for England between 1913 and 1914.[1] He was killed during the First World War, when the submarine he was serving aboard, HMS D2, disappeared.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Francis Oakeley - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Reading Room Manchester. "CWGC - Casualty Details". Cwgc.org. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

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