Dickie Guest
| Full name | Richard Heaton Guest | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 March 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Prescot, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | May 2012 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||
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Richard Heaton Guest (12 March 1918 – May 2012) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Prescot, Guest was educated at Cowley School, St Helens, and Liverpool University.[2]
Guest, a Waterloo winger, was still a teenager when he made his representative debut for Lancashire and won the first of his four County titles in 1938, on his 20th birthday.[3]
In 1939, Guest broke into the England line up, featuring on the wing in all three of their Home Nations matches.[3]
Guest served as a Royal Artillery captain during World War II and in 1942 was attached to the Sudan Defence Forces.[3]
From 1947 to 1949, Guest was capped a further nine times for England, making him one of only three to have represented the team both sides of the war, along with Jack Heaton (his cousin) and Tommy Kemp).[3]
Guest was an England selector between 1963 and 1966.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "R. H. Guest An England Reserve". Liverpool Daily Post. 12 March 1938.
- ^ "Heaton and Guest stir memories of the past". Liverpool Echo. 5 April 1980.
- ^ a b c d e "Flying Below the Radar". World Rugby Museum. 9 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Dickie Guest at ESPNscrum