Dickie Guest

Richard Heaton Guest (12 March 1918 – May 2012) was an English international rugby union player.^[1]

Dickie Guest

Full name	Richard Heaton Guest
Date of birth	(1918-03-12)12 March 1918
Place of birth	Prescot, England
Date of death	May 2012 (aged 94)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1939–49 England 13 (15)

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

• List of England national rugby union players