William Cheesman

William Cheesman
Full name	William Inkersole Cheesman
Date of birth	20 June 1889
Place of birth	Highgate, Middlesex, England
Date of death	20 November 1969 (aged 80)
Place of death	Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
International career
Years	Team
1913	England

William Inkersole Cheesman (20 June 1889 – 20 November 1969) was an English international rugby union player.^[1]

Cheesman was born in London and attended Merchant Taylors' School.^[2]

A two-time Oxford rugby blue, Cheesman was a scrum-half and gained four England caps, debuting in 1913 against the touring Springboks as part of an all new halfback combination with W. J. A. Davies. His other three caps came in England's grand slam-winning 1913 Five Nations campaign. He also played for Old Merchant Taylors' FC.^[3]

Cheesman was a housemaster at Marlborough College.^[4]

^ "Football". The Times. 10 November 1910.
^ Lyttelton, Robert Henry (1913). Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools. W. Southwood. p. 255.
^ "The Englihs Team". The Guardian. 3 January 1913.
^ "Deaths (continued)". The Daily Telegraph. 22 November 1969.

[1] "Football". The Times. 10 November 1910.

[2] Lyttelton, Robert Henry (1913). Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools. W. Southwood. p. 255.

[3] "The Englihs Team". The Guardian. 3 January 1913.

[4] "Deaths (continued)". The Daily Telegraph. 22 November 1969.

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