Michael Philip Weston (born 21 August 1938) is a former international

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player and captain. Weston was capped twenty-nine times for England between 1960 and 1968, winning twenty-four caps as a

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and five caps as a

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.Griffiths, pages 1:36-1:41 He scored one

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and one

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for England. He captained England five times, leading his country in all three matches of the

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, and then again in the final two matches of his international career in 1968. England won one and lost four of his matches as captain. Weston was selected for the

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, playing in all four internationals against and the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand where he played in the two internationals against but not in any of the internationals against the

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. Weston was educated at

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. He played club rugby for Durham City and represented

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. His sons

Phil Weston William Philip Christopher Weston (born 16 June 1973 in Durham), known as Phil Weston, is an English former cricketer. He was a left-handed opening batsman whose brother, Robin was the youngest player for Durham in the club's history. His fathe ...

and

Robin Weston Robin Michael Swann Weston (born 7 June 1975) is an English cricketer who played for Durham, Derbyshire, and Middlesex. Weston is the son of Mike Weston who played for Durham until 1972. His first-class career started with a two-year stint a ...

both played first-class county cricket.

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Sunday Times article 21 June 2009
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