Stan Anderson (rugby union) explained

Stan Anderson
Birth Name:Stanley Watson Anderson
Birth Date:5 August 1871
Birth Place:Walker, Northumberland, England
Death Place:Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Ru Position:Winger
Ru Amateurclubs:Northumberland
Wallsend
Rockcliff
Ru Nationalyears:1899
Ru Nationalcaps:1
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
Occupation:Shipyard plater; publican

Stanley Watson Anderson (5 August 1871  - 12 February 1942) was an English international rugby union player.

Anderson was born in the Newcastle upon Tyne suburb of Walker in August 1871. He played rugby union at amateur level for Northumberland, Wallsend and Rockcliff.[1] He was selected to play one Test match for England against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1899 Home Nations Championship.[2] Anderson also played cricket at minor counties level for Northumberland, making 25 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1904 - 1913.[3] By profession he was a shipyard plater and later ran the Plough Inn public house at Alnwick from 1919.[1] He died at Alnwick in February 1942.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player profile: Stan Anderson . CricketArchive . 2019-06-16 . subscription.
  2. Web site: Player profile: Stanley Anderson . ESPNscrum . 2019-06-16.
  3. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Stan Anderson . CricketArchive . 2019-06-16.