Background
Sweet-Escott was the third son to the Review William Sweet-Escott Justice of the Peace, of Hartrow Manor in Taunton and the daughter of Lord Dynevor.
Sweet-Escott was the third son to the Review William Sweet-Escott Justice of the Peace, of Hartrow Manor in Taunton and the daughter of Lord Dynevor.
He was educated at King Henry VIII School in Coventry, before being accepted into Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Sweet-Escott also played cricket for Glamorgan representing the county in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship. Sweet-Escott was born in Essington, Staffordshire, and played club rugby for Blackheath F.C. before moving to Wales and joining first class Welsh club Cardiff. In 1891 he was first selected to represent the Welsh national team, in a match against Scotland as part of the Home Nations Championship.
Under the captaincy of Llanelli"s Willie Thomas, Wales were heavily beaten with Scotland running in seven tries without reply.
In 1891, Sweet-Escott was chosen to represent the British invitational team, the Barbarians. He continued his career with Cardiff, and after a lapse of three years regained favour with the Welsh selectors, regaining his position in the Wales squad, this time alongside Newport"s Fred Parfitt.
Sweet-Escott"s last game for Wales was another match against Ireland, in the following year"s tournament. In this, his final international, Sweet-Escott finished on the winning side.
International matches played
Wales
Ireland 1894, 1895
Scotland 1891.