Ernest Cheston was a rugby union international who represented

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from 1873 to 1876.

Early life

Ernest Cheston was born on 24 October 1848 in Hackney the sixth son of Chester Cheston of Clapton. He attended

Haileybury and Imperial Service College Haileybury is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) near Hertford in England. It is a member of the Rugby Group and, though originally a major boys' public school in the Victorian era, it is now co-educational, enr ...

Lionel Sumner Milford (ed), ''Haileybury register, 1862-1891'', p16, (Stephen Austin and Sons, 1891) where he was the captain of the school rugby XX. He went on to study at

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, from 1 February 1868 to 1872University of Oxford, Joseph Foster, ''Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886'', p245, (Parker and co., 1888) 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

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match. Of the five matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on three occasions. He played his final match for England on 6 March 1876 at

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in the

match.

Career

Cheston became a solicitor operating from Great Winchester Street.

References

1848 births 1918 deaths Oxford University RFC players English rugby union players England international rugby union players People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Rugby union forwards Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Richmond F.C. players People from Hackney Central Rugby union players from London {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub