Charles Vanderspar

Charles Vanderspar was a rugby union international who represented England in 1873.[1]

Charles Vanderspar
Birth nameCharles Henry Richard Vanderspar
Date of birth1 July 1853
Place of birthKandy, Ceylon[1]
Date of death9 April 1877
Place of deathColombo, Ceylon (aged 23 years 282 days)
SchoolWellington College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Richmond F.C. ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1873-1873 England 1

Early life

Charles Vanderspar was born on 1 July 1853 in Kandy, in Sri Lanka then known as Ceylon.[1] He attended Wellington College in England.[2]

Rugby union career

Vanderspar played for Richmond F.C. after leaving Wellington College. He was soon singled out by the England selectors and made his only international appearance, aged 19, on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow against Scotland.[1]

Later life

Vanderspar returned to the land of his birth but died in Colombo on 9 April 1877. He is buried in St Mary’s Church, Bogawantalawa, Sri Lanka[3]

References

  1. Charles Vanderspar Profile on scrum.com
  2. Wellington College (England), Wellington College, Berkshire, Joseph Louis Bevir, Wellington College register: 1859-July 1905, Edition 3, (Publisher T. Hunt), 1906
  3. www.kabristan.org.uk - ceylon-graveyards


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