John Bance

{{Short description|English rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

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| full_name = John Forsyth Bance

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|01|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kingsclere, Hants, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|06|19|1925|01|15|df=y}}

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| school = Radley College

| university = Clare College, Cambridge

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| position = Lock

| repyears1 = 1954

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 1

| reppoints1 = 0

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John Forsyth Bance (15 January 1925 – 19 June 2009) was an English international rugby union player.

Bance was born in Kingsclere, Hampshire. He attended Radley College and Clare College, Cambridge.{{cite journal |title=John Bance (1925-2009) |journal=The Hawk |issue=Easter 2010}}

A lock, Bance captained Bedford and was an East Midlands representative player, featuring in their 1950–51 County Championship-winning side.{{cite news |title=Top Rugby post for John Bance |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001826/19650702/395/0027 |work=Bedfordshire Times and Independent |date=2 July 1965}} He took part in his first England trials in 1951, then got his solitary call up three years later, playing in their Calcutta Cup win over Scotland Murrayfield.{{cite news |title=John Bance Capped For England |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/805739228 |work=Peterborough Standard |date=12 March 1954}}

Bance farmed in Cambridgeshire for the remainder of his life.