| Dickie Guest | |
| Full Name: | Richard Heaton Guest |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Prescot, England |
| Death Date: | May 2012 (aged 94) |
| Position: | Wing |
| Repyears1: | 1939–49 |
| Repcaps1: | 13 |
| Reppoints1: | 15 |
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]