Walter Carey

Carey was born in Billesdon, Leicestershire, in 1875 to Alfred Henry Carey, who was an Oxford-educated priest, and was educated at Bedford School before gaining entry to Hertford College, Oxford, in 1894 He received his BA in 1896 and by 1899 he was the curate at the Church of the Ascension in Lavender Hill, London, a post he held until 1908. In 1908 Casey became the librarian for Pusey House, a college of Oxford; and remained there until 1914. ==Rugby career==

Carey was a keen sportsman, and while at Oxford as a student, he was captain of the College Boat and won four sporting 'Blues' in The Varsity Match between 1894 and 1897. In 1894 Carey was selected to represent invitational touring rugby team, the Barbarians, and became forever linked to the team when he instituted the club motto: Although Carey never played international rugby for England, he was selected in 1896 to represent the British Isles in their tour of South Africa, after being nominated by his university along with Cuth Mullins. Carey played in all four Tests against the South Africans, and scored a try in the opening Test at Port Elizabeth. ==Writing career==

Carey wrote several theological works, often in relation to his experiences abroad. Although many of his writings were entries within large collected journals, he penned two main works, Good-bye to my Generation, an autobiography, published London & Oxford: A. R. Mowbray, 1951, and Crisis in Kenya: Christian common sense on Mau Mau and the colour bar, published in 1953. ==Notes==