William Inkersole Cheesman (20 June 1889 – 20 November 1969) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
| Full name | William Inkersole Cheesman | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 June 1889 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Highgate, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 November 1969 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Swindon, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Cheesman was born in London and attended Merchant Taylors' School.[2]
A two-time Oxford rugby blue, Cheesman was a scrum-half and gained four England caps, debuting in 1913 against the touring Springboks as part of an all new halfback combination with W. J. A. Davies. His other three caps came in England's grand slam-winning 1913 Five Nations campaign. He also played for Old Merchant Taylors' FC.[3]
Cheesman was a housemaster at Marlborough College.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Football". The Times. 10 November 1910.
- ^ Lyttelton, Robert Henry (1913). Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools. W. Southwood. p. 255.
- ^ "The Englihs Team". The Guardian. 3 January 1913.
- ^ "Deaths (continued)". The Daily Telegraph. 22 November 1969.
External links
edit- William Cheesman at ESPNscrum