Christopher Stanger-Leathes

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Christopher Stanger-Leathes
Birth nameChristopher Francis Stanger-Leathes
Date of birth9 May 1881
Place of birth Kensington, Middlesex, England
Date of death27 February 1966(1966-02-27) (aged 84)
Place of death Gosforth, Northumberland, England
Occupation(s)Managing director
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Northumberland ()
– Northern ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1904 British Isles 1 (0)
1905 England 1 (0)

Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes (9 May 1881 – 27 February 1966) was an English international rugby union player.

Stanger-Leathes was born at Kensington in May 1881. He was educated at Sherborne School, where he played for the school cricket team. [1] He played rugby union at amateur level for Northumberland and Northern. [2] He toured Australia and New Zealand with the British Isles rugby union team in 1904, [3] playing one Test match against Australia at Sydney. [4] The following year he played a second Test match, this time for England against Ireland at Cork in the 1905 Home Nations Championship. [4] Stanger-Leathes also played cricket at minor counties level for Northumberland, making 99 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1903–1929. [5] By profession he was a managing director at the ship ventilation manufacturers and sheet iron engineers Brown and Hood. [6] He died at Gosforth in February 1966. [1] His brother was the first-class cricketer Hugh Stanger-Leathes.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wisden - Obituaries in 1966". ESPNcricinfo. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Player archives – Chris Stanger-Leathes". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Christopher Stanger-Leathes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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