| Rupert Sandilands | |
| Fullname: | Rupert Renorden Sandilands[1] |
| Birth Date: | 7 August 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Denford, England |
| Death Place: | Southampton, England |
| Position: | Outside left |
| Years1: | 1888–1898 |
| Clubs1: | Old Westminsters |
| Years2: | 1889–1897 |
| Clubs2: | Corinthian |
| Years3: | 1892 |
| Clubs3: | → Casuals (guest) |
| Years4: | 1896 |
| Clubs4: | → Ealing (guest) |
| Nationalyears1: | 1892–1896 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Rupert Renorden Sandilands (7 August 186820 April 1946) was an English international footballer who played as an outside left.
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]
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 England national side between 1892 and 1896, scoring three goals. 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.[2]
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]