Noël Estcourt obituary

My father-in-law, Noël Estcourt, who has died aged 89, was an inspirational educationist, an international rugby union full-back and a first-class cricketer.In the 1950s he left his native Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to study for a master’s in English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was awarded a blue in cricket and joined Blackheath rugby club. Via Kent, London Counties and the Barbarians, he established himself as a leading full-back, trialling for England in 1954. In March 1955 he gained his first cap, only the second Rhodesian to do so, playing in the Calcutta Cup against Sco…