Rupert Sandilands

Rupert Renorden Sandilands (7 August 1868 – 20 April 1946) was an English international footballer who played as an outside left.

Rupert Sandilands
Personal information
Full name Rupert Renorden Sandilands[1]
Date of birth (1868-08-07)7 August 1868
Place of birth Denford, England
Date of death 20 April 1946(1946-04-20) (aged 77)
Place of death Southampton, England
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888–1898 Old Westminsters
1889–1897 Corinthian
1892 → Casuals (guest)
1896 → Ealing (guest)
National team
1892–1896 England 5 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early and personal life

Sandilands was born on 7 August 1868 at the vicarage in Denford, near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his father Percival was the vicar.[1] He was the youngest of six children.[1] By 1881 the family was living at Lyvdene School in Devon, where his father was schoolmaster.[1]

Sandilands attended Westminster School.[1] He worked in London as a clerk for the Bank of England.[1] In addition to his football career, he also played hockey and cricket.[1]

Football career

Sandilands played football whilst attending Westminster School, and played club football for Old Westminsters, Casuals, Corinthian and Ealing.[1]

He earned five caps for the English national side between 1892 and 1896, scoring three goals.[2] His first appearance for England was against Wales in March 1892; he scored England's second goal in a 2–0 victory.[1] He had previously played for an England XI against Canada in a match not regarded as an official international.[3]

Later life and death

Sandilands had retired from the Bank of England by 1939.[1] He was living in Lewes and died in Southampton on 20 April 1946, aged 77.[1]

References
  1. "England Players - Rupert Sandilands". www.englandfootballonline.com.
  2. Rupert Sandilands at Englandstats.com
  3. Courtney, Barrie (20 December 2012). "England - International Results 1872-1899 - Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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