Roger Cuthbert Wakefield

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Roger Cuthbert Wakefield
Birth nameRoger Cuthbert Wakefield
Date of birth(1906-06-27)27 June 1906
Place of birth Ulverston, England
Date of death1 July 1986(1986-07-01) (aged 80)
School Sedbergh School
University Trinity College, Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1926 Cambridge University RUFC ()
c.1927 Harlequin FC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1927 British Isles 0

Roger Cuthbert Wakefield CMG, OBE, FRICS (27 June 1906 – 1 July 1986) was a prominent English surveyor, former director of the British Sudan Survey department, and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the "lost lions" [1] due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina which, although retrospectively recognised as a Lions tour, did not confer test status on any of the four encounters with the Argentina national rugby union team.

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Early life

Wakefield was born at Cark in 1906, the youngest son of Roger William Wakefield, a medical doctor, and Ethel Mary (née Knott). He was the brother of Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet, a Conservative politician and Wavell Wakefield who became a rugby union international, captaining England, and later a politician and eventually 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal. Like his elder brother, he attended Sedbergh School in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now part of Cumbria). [2] He then went on to Trinity College, Cambridge.

Rugby career

Like his brother, Roger played rugby at Sedbergh, a school renowned for its prowess in the sport. At Cambridge he gained his blue and it was from here that he was selected for the 1927 tour to Argentina. On this tour he was one of a number of uncapped players but only one of two players not selected to play in any of the tests. Despite being selected for the Great Britain side, he never went on to play for his national side.

Career

RC Wakefield played a significant part in the history of British survey. He also directed the modernisation of the Sudan Survey Department. [3]

Personal and later life

He married Elizabeth Rhoda Wakefield, born Davie, in 1936. [4] He died on 1 July 1986, aged 80. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ David Walmsley (Author), Robby Elson (Editor), The Lions: The Complete History of the British and Irish Rugby Union Team, Genesis Publications (2005) ISBN   0-904351-96-3
  2. ↑ Jones of Llay Family, Compiled by Tim Clement-Jones
  3. 1 2 Great Britain. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Survey review, Volume 28, Issues 218-222, OBITUARY RC WAKEFIELD, p419, Published 1986
  4. ↑ Norman, Macdonald (2014). The great book of Skye : from the island to the world : people and place on a Scottish island. Maclean, Cailean. Portree. ISBN   978-0952868798. OCLC   897503159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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