Source: English Bridge Union

Richard Anthony Priday b. 1922

• 3rd Bermuda Bowl 1962
• 3rd World Team Olympiad 1976
• World Team Olympiad cap (3) 1972, 1976 & 1980
• 8th World Mixed Pairs 1966
• European Championship 1961
• 2nd European Championship 1971
• European cap (8) 1961, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 & 1979
• Sunday Times Invitational Pairs 1970
• 30 Camrose caps (won 24 drew 3 lost 3), the first in 1955 and most recently 2002
• Gold Cup (7) 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974 & 1976 (2nd 1962, 1963, 1965 & 1969)
• Crockfords Cup 1981
• Hubert Phillips (3) 1962, 1964 & 1970
• Spring Foursomes (2) 1967 & 1977
• Eastbourne Bowl 1955
• Burlington Cup 1960
• Lederer (5) 1960, 1974, 1978, 1995 & 1997
• Pachabo (2) 1958 (1st=) & 1961
• 2 Stars 1968, 2nd 1962
• 2nd Masters Pairs 1965
• 2nd Portland Pairs 1971
• 2nd Life Masters Pairs 1967 & 1970
• 2nd Guardian Pairs 1980, 3rd 1966
• NPC European Teams (4) 1969, 1985, 1987 & 1997
• NPC Bermuda Bowl 1987 when we finished runners up to USA
• NPC World Team Olympiad (2) 1988 & 1996
• NPC Womens World Team Olympiad 1960
• NPC Camrose (5) (won 2 lost 3), the first in 1964 and most recently 1999
• Bridge correspondent Sunday Telegraph 1961-1997
• Life Member EBU 1997
• Vice President EBU
• Former Chairman British BridgeLeague
• Former Vice Chairman EBU

Did you know…

I learnt to play bridge at Seaford Preparatory School, aged 11.

After Winchester, I joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, where I rose to the rank of Major.

In 1947, I joined the family timber business, Sydney Priday & Snewin Ltd, rising to Managing Director in 1968 before retiring in 2001.

I was an independent assessor of the technical evidence at the year-long British Bridge League inquiry into allegations of cheating at the 1965 World Championships by Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro.

In 1966, I married Jane Juan (d. 1994) and have been happily married to Vivian since 1995.