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Richard Hamilton-Wickes

1901 – 1963

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Lived 1901 – 1963 (aged 61). Richard Hamilton-Wickes was a rugby union player.

Richard Henry Hamilton-Wickes (31 December 1901 – 2 June 1963) was an English international rugby union player.

Hamilton-Wickes was born in Middlesex and went to preparatory school at Bilton Grange, before moving on to Wellington College. He studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and was awarded blues playing rugby for Cambridge University, including as captain in the 1923 Varsity Match. A wing three-quarter, Hamilton-Wickes also played for Harlequins.

Between 1924 and 1927, Hamilton-Wickes won 10 England caps, scoring a try on debut against Ireland in Belfast, which was his one appearance in England's grand slam-winning 1924 Five Nations campaign. He then gained regular selection over the next two years and was a member of side that played against the invincible 1924–25 All Blacks at Twickenham.

Hamilton-Wickes established and owned a nursing home on Langley Avenue in Surbiton called Hamilton Nursing Home, where he died in an accidental fire inside his flat in 1963, at 61 years of age.

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Who was Richard Hamilton-Wickes?

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When was Richard Hamilton-Wickes born?

Richard Hamilton-Wickes was born on 31 December 1901.

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Richard Hamilton-Wickes died on 2 June 1963.

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Richard Hamilton-Wickes was a rugby union player.

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