He was also an amateur footballer, and earned one international cap for England in 1895, playing as an inside forward.
[7] He earned one cap for England in a British Home Championship against Wales on 18 March 1895, whilst registered as a Liverpool Ramblers player.
[8] All eleven England players were members of the Corinthian club[9] and were expected to produce an easy victory;[10] in the event, Wales proved stronger than expected and the match ended in a 1–1 draw with Rupert Sandilands equalizing shortly after Wales took the lead through Billy Lewis.
[11] Dewhurst joined his family cotton trading firm, Geo.
[12] The Great Central Railway named one of its GCR Class 11F "Improved Director" steam locomotives after him, No.