William Cheesman Explained

William Cheesman
Full Name:William Inkersole Cheesman
Birth Date:20 June 1889
Birth Place:Highgate, Middlesex, England
Death Place:Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Position:Scrum-half
Repyears1:1913
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0

William Inkersole Cheesman (20 June 1889 – 20 November 1969) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Football . . 10 November 1910.
  2. Book: Lyttelton . Robert Henry . Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools . 1913 . W. Southwood . 255.
  3. News: The Englihs Team . . 3 January 1913.
  4. News: Deaths (continued) . . 22 November 1969.