Tony Priday

Richard Anthony (Tony) Priday (13 August 1922 – 9 October 2014)[1] was an English bridge player and journalist, who had a longstanding and successful partnership with Claude Rodrigue.

[3] He also won the Sunday Times Invitational Pairs, a prestigious tournament that featured some of the world's strongest partnerships, with Nico Gardener in 1970.

[4] He was selected 30 times for England in the annual "home international" tournament for the Camrose Trophy, with a record of won 24, drew 3 and lost 3.

Priday was an independent assessor of the technical evidence at the British Bridge League inquiry into the allegation of cheating by Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro during the 1965 World Teams Championship (Bermuda Bowl) in Buenos Aires.

The British team of Priday, Rodrigue, Nicola Gardener, and Pat Davies won by 32 international match points over 78 deals in seven sessions (the Americans were Neil Silverman, Matt Granovetter, Jacqui Mitchell, and Gail Moss).

[7] He was non-playing captain of many England and Great Britain teams over a period of almost forty years:[3] Priday became the bridge correspondent of The Sunday Telegraph when it was launched in 1961 and remained until 1997.

[10] He attended Winchester College and then joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps, where he achieved the rank of Major during World War II.

They lived in Marbella, on the Mediterranean coast near Gibraltar, where their typical afternoon included a session of bridge at a club.