William Blackadder

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William Blackadder
Birth nameWilliam Francis Blackadder
Date of birth(1913-01-23)23 January 1913
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death27 November 1997(1997-11-27) (aged 84)
Place of death Darlington, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scottish Wayfarers ()
– West of Scotland ()
– Co-Optimists ()
– Newcastle Northern ()
– RAF Rugby ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1938 Scotland Probables ()
1938-39 Scotland Possibles ()
- Northumberland ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1938 Scotland 1 (0)

William Blackadder (2 April 1915 – 16 September 1990) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a wing. [1]

Contents

Rugby union career

Amateur career

In 1933 he was playing for the Scottish Wayfarers. [2]

Blackadder played for West of Scotland. [3]

In April 1938 he played for the representative side Co-Optimists. [4]

He then moved to play for Newcastle Northern. [5] [6]

He also played for the RAF during the second World War. [7]

Provincial career

Blackadder started for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938. He switched to play for the Scotland Possibles in the second half. [8]

He played for Scotland Possibles in January 1939, then playing for Newcastle Northern. [5]

While he was playing for Newcastle Northern he represented Northumberland county. [9]

International career

Blackadder was capped by Scotland just the once, in 1938. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "William Francis Blackadder". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ "Dundee Courier; British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  4. ↑ "Jedburgh Gazette; British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ https://x.com/RAFRugbyUnion/status/1365568295865352192
  8. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Blackadder - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  11. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.


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