Dusty Hare

Dusty Hare
Born	William Henry Hare (1952-11-29) 29 November 1952 Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1971–1976 Nottingham R.F.C. 176 (1,578) 1976–1989 Leicester Tigers 394 (4,507) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1974–1984 England 25 (240) 1983 British Lions
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1971–1977	Nottinghamshire
FC debut	30 June 1971 Nottinghamshire v Oxford University
Last FC	25 May 1977 Nottinghamshire v Essex
LA debut	20 August 1972 Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire
Last LA	25 June 1975 Nottinghamshire v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 10 7 Runs scored 171 58 Batting average 12.21 11.6 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 36 24 Balls bowled 24 – Wickets 0 – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 5/0 3/1
Source: CricketArchive, 4 December 2008

William Henry "Dusty" Hare MBE (born 29 November 1952) is a former international England rugby union footballer who played fullback.

Hare holds the world record for points scored in a first-class rugby career, with 7,337 points.

He was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and attended the Magnus Grammar School (now Magnus Church of England School).

Rugby career

Hare played for Newark RUFC & Nottingham R.F.C. before joining Leicester Tigers and playing nearly 400 games for them.

He made his England debut 16 March 1974 in a match against Wales, and played his final game ten years later on, having gained 25 caps. He toured with the British Lions to New Zealand in 1983.

He retired from club rugby after the 1989 cup final loss to Bath, and is now the chief scout at Northampton Saints. Previous to this job, Hare was a farmer in South Clifton, Nottinghamshire and had been since a young man carrying on the family business. However, Hare sold the farm in 2001 to take a full-time job at Leicester Tigers working for the academy and latterly as head scout.

In January 2010 it was announced that he was to join Northampton Saints. He returned to Tigers in 2017

Cricket career

Hare was also a good cricketer, and he played ten first-class and seven List A matches for Nottinghamshire between 1971 and 1977. He played regularly for the Nottinghamshire Second XI and Under-25s between 1969 and 1978.

See also

• List of top English points scorers and try scorers

External links

• Dusty Hare at ESPNcricinfo