Dick Vest

Dick Vest

Personal information
Full name	Gregoria Richard Vecerina (born Vest)
Born	19 February 1897 Barmedman, New South Wales, Australia
Died	11 June 1974(1974-06-11) (aged 77) Enfield, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1914–23 Western Suburbs 85 22 8 0 82 1924–?? Cootamundra Total 85 22 8 0 82 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919–22 New South Wales 9 10 0 0 30 1919–22 Australia 7 4 0 0 12 1920–22 NSW City 2 4 1 0 14
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Dick Vest (1897-1974) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s . An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative three-quarter back, he played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership for Sydney's Western Suburbs club.

Playing career

The son of a subject of the Austro Hungarian Empire (from Draga, Rijeka in what is now Croatia) immigrant, Vest was born Gregorio Richard Vest (original father’s name- Francesco Vecerina)in the country New South Wales town of Barmedman. Following the death of his father in a mine accident, Vest and his two older brothers were sent to a boys home in the Western Sydney suburb Westmead, playing junior rugby league for local club Parramatta. Vest commenced his New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership first grade career with Western Suburbs in the 1914 NSWRFL season.

During the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour Vest played in all three Tests for Australia as they won the Ashes for the very first time. He was later selected to go on the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He played for West Wyalong and Barmedman in the Maher Cup.

Death

Vest died at Enfield, New South Wales on 11 June 1974.