Christopher Stanger-Leathes Explained

Christopher Stanger-Leathes
Birth Name:Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes
Birth Date:9 May 1881
Birth Place:Kensington, Middlesex, England
Death Place:Gosforth, Northumberland, England
Ru Position:Fullback
Ru Amateurclubs:Northumberland
Northern
Ru Nationalteam:British Isles
Ru Nationalyears:1904
1905
Ru Nationalcaps:1
1
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
(0)
Occupation:Managing director

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wisden - Obituaries in 1966 . 4 December 2005 . ESPNcricinfo . 2019-06-18.
  2. Web site: Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes . CricketArchive . 2019-06-18 . subscription.
  3. Web site: Player archives – Chris Stanger-Leathes . British Lions Ltd . 2019-06-18.
  4. Web site: Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes . ESPNscrum . 2019-06-18.
  5. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Christopher Stanger-Leathes . CricketArchive . 2019-06-18.
  6. Web site: Player profile: Christopher Stanger-Leathes . CricketArchive . 2019-06-18.