Education
Balliol College.
Balliol College.
He was a former Cornish rugby player at Redruth R.F.C., Wasps Football Club, Bristol Football Club and England (14 caps) rugby union fly-half and captain. He played for England while at Oxford and led England to the Five Nations title in 1963. He played cricket for Cornwall in the Minor Counties Championship between 1957 and 1970.
Bernard Cornwell"s fictional character Richard Sharpe was named after him.