Vincent Henry Cartwright DSO (10 September 1882 – 25 November 1965)[1] was an English rugby union international who captained his country.

Cartwright served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War, joining the Royal Marines.

[4] Serving on the Western Front, Cartwright was highly decorated, twice mentioned in dispatches, a DSO and Croix de Guerre.

After leaving Oxford in the latter half of 1905, he joined Nottingham, becoming the first player to be capped for England directly from the club.

[8] Cartwright played his seven first-class cricket matches with Nottinghamshire between 1901 and 1904 as a right-handed batsman but could only manage 60 runs.