Background
Bush, the son of Major Robert Bush and daughter of Emily, was educated at Clifton College, as were three younger brothers who played rugby for the Clifton Football Club.
Bush, the son of Major Robert Bush and daughter of Emily, was educated at Clifton College, as were three younger brothers who played rugby for the Clifton Football Club.
Clifton College.
The third brother to play rugby at Clifton was James Paul Bush, who also served in the military as a surgeon with the Bristol Royal Infirmary and was at one time the Deputy Lieutenant for Gloucestershire. Born in India, Bush played at Gloucestershire as an amateur. He toured Australia with a West.G. Grace XI in 1873/74 which caused him to miss a rugby international against Scotland.
Bush made just two half centuries in his first-class career, with his highest score of 57 being made against Yorkshire in an 1879 County Match.
Aside from playing at Gloucestershire, Bush also represented the Gentlemen cricket team in a couple of Gentlemen v Players fixtures and also played a match for the South of England cricket team Bush was capped five times for England at international rugby, playing as a forward.
All but one of those came against Scotland, with games in 1872, 1873, 1875 and 1876. Before his England debut, Bush had made five appearances for Blackheath.
He also played some association football matches as a goalkeeper for Clifton F.C.
One of them, Robert Edwin Bush, also played cricket at Gloucestershire and later moved to Western Australia where he went exploring and became a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.