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Ernest Cheston
Birth nameErnest Constantine Cheston
Date of birth24 October 1848
Place of birth Hackney [1]
Date of death9 July 1918(1918-07-09) (aged 69)
Place of death(registered in) Eastly
School Haileybury and Imperial Service College
University Merton College, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
-
-
Oxford University
Law Club
Richmond
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1873–1876 England 5 Tries:1

Ernest Cheston was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1876. [1]

Early life

Ernest Cheston was born on 24 October 1848 in Hackney [1] the sixth son of Chester Cheston of Clapton. [2] He attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College [3] where he was the captain of the school rugby XX. He went on to study at Merton College, Oxford, from 1 February 1868 to 1872 [2] where he was captain of the Boat Club.

Rugby union career

Cheston made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match. [1] Of the five matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on three occasions. [1] He played his final match for England on 6 March 1876 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match. [1]

Career

Cheston became a solicitor operating from Great Winchester Street. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ernest Cheston Profile on scrum.com
  2. ^ a b University of Oxford, Joseph Foster, Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, p245, (Parker and co., 1888)
  3. ^ a b Lionel Sumner Milford (ed), Haileybury register, 1862-1891, p16, (Stephen Austin and Sons, 1891)


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ernest Cheston
Birth nameErnest Constantine Cheston
Date of birth24 October 1848
Place of birth Hackney [1]
Date of death9 July 1918(1918-07-09) (aged 69)
Place of death(registered in) Eastly
School Haileybury and Imperial Service College
University Merton College, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
-
-
Oxford University
Law Club
Richmond
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1873–1876 England 5 Tries:1

Ernest Cheston was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1876. [1]

Early life

Ernest Cheston was born on 24 October 1848 in Hackney [1] the sixth son of Chester Cheston of Clapton. [2] He attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College [3] where he was the captain of the school rugby XX. He went on to study at Merton College, Oxford, from 1 February 1868 to 1872 [2] where he was captain of the Boat Club.

Rugby union career

Cheston made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match. [1] Of the five matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on three occasions. [1] He played his final match for England on 6 March 1876 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match. [1]

Career

Cheston became a solicitor operating from Great Winchester Street. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ernest Cheston Profile on scrum.com
  2. ^ a b University of Oxford, Joseph Foster, Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, p245, (Parker and co., 1888)
  3. ^ a b Lionel Sumner Milford (ed), Haileybury register, 1862-1891, p16, (Stephen Austin and Sons, 1891)



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