Baron Wakefield of Kendal
| Full name | William Wavell Wakefield | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 March 1898 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Beckenham, Kent, England, UK | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 August 1983 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kendal, Lake District | ||||||||||||
| School | Sedbergh School | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
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1921–24 |
Harlequins Leicester |
29 |
30 |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1920–1927 | England | 31 | Tries-(6) |
William Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal (10 March 1898 – 12 August 1983), known as Sir Wavell Wakefield between 1944 and 1963, was an English rugby union player for Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and England, President of the Rugby Football Union and Conservative politician.
Wakefield was born in Beckenham, Kent, the son of Roger William Wakefield. He was the brother of Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet, also a Conservative politician. His youngest brother, Roger Cuthbert Wakefield, was an early British & Irish Lion, touring on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina. He attended Sedbergh School in the West Riding of Yorkshire, leaving during the First World War to join the Royal Naval Air Service at the Admiralty testing station at Hill of Oaks on Windermere.
After the war Wakefield became the captain of the RAF rugby team and joined Harlequins. On 11 October 1919, he made his debut for Harlequins against Richmond and he continued to play for the club for the next ten years. He occasionally played for other teams during this time, but Harlequins was always his main club. During his career with Harlequins, he appeared a total of 136 times, including 82 as captain, and he made his final appearance on 25 January 1930 against Cambridge University. He scored 51 tries for the club, along with one penalty and 14 conversions. He was club captain in the seasons 1920/21, 1924/25 and 1927/28 to 1929/30. Wakefield played for Leicester Tigers between 1921 and 1924 playing 29 games and scoring 10 tries. He was captain in all but one game he played for the club.
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