Christopher Stanger-Leathes
Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes (9 May 1881 – 27 February 1966) was an English international rugby union player.
Birth name | Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 May 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kensington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 February 1966 84) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Gosforth, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Managing director | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
- "Wisden - Obituaries in 1966". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- "Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- "Player archives – Chris Stanger-Leathes". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- "Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Christopher Stanger-Leathes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- "Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-18.