Roger Cuthbert Wakefield (27 June 1906 – 1 July 1986) was an English surveyor, former director of the British Sudan Survey department, and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the "lost lions" [1] due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina which, although retrospectively recognised as a Lions tour, did not confer test status on any of the four encounters with the Argentina national rugby union team.
Like his elder brother, he attended Sedbergh School in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now part of Cumbria).
Like his brother, Roger played rugby at Sedbergh, a school renowned for its prowess in the sport.
At Cambridge he gained his blue and it was from here that he was selected for the 1927 tour to Argentina.
RC Wakefield played a significant part in the history of British survey.