Wilfrid Lowry

Wilfrid Malbon Lowry (; 14 July 1900, Wallasey – 4 July 1974, Heswall) was a rugby union wing who played for Birkenhead Park FC In 1912, the family moved to Caldy on another part of the Wirral peninsula. Their home was mock Tudor estate on two acres with a tennis court, small golf course and a maid, a cook and a nanny. Arthur Lowry was extremely keen on sport, and built the family their own gymnasium while at Caldy. While these included adventure stories which would influence the older novelist Malcolm, it was their older brother Stuart who introduced Malcolm to more highbrow literature. but was replaced by Harold Day (then representing the Army) just before kick-off. The selectors felt that the conditions would suit Day better and he scored and converted England's only try of the game. Day said:

[I was] fetched out of my seat in the stand to play for England against Wales. It poured with rain the whole match, and the ground was churned into a dreadful mess.

Day in fact scored England's only points in the match. W. J. A. Davies was also left out of the selection, leading the captain Jenny Greenwood to say that "the selection committee were not very bright".

Lowry received another cap in the next game against France on 31 January 1920, and on this occasion, he actually took to the field.