Tony Priday

Who is Tony Priday?

Richard Anthony Priday is an English bridge player and journalist, who had a longstanding and successful partnership with Claude Rodrigue. He was a member of the Great Britain teams which finished third in the Bermuda Bowl in 1962, third in the World Team Olympiad in 1976 and which won the European Championships in 1961 and came second in 1971.

He played in the World Team Olympiad three times in all and in the European Championships eight times between 1961 and 1979. He also won the Sunday Times Invitational Pairs, a prestigious tournament which featured some of the world's strongest partnerships, in 1970 partnered by Nico Gardener.

He has been selected 30 times for England in the Camrose Trophy, with a record of won 24, drew 3 and lost 3. His first appearance was in 1955 and the most recent in 2002. He won the Gold Cup on seven occasions between 1964 and 1976.

He 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 at the 1965 World Championships.