William Fletcher | |
Birth Name: | William Robert Badger Fletcher |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1851 |
Birth Place: | Kensington[1] |
Death Date: | 20 April 1895 |
Death Place: | (registered in) Kensington, London (aged 43 years 131 days) |
Ru Position: | Forward |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1873-1875 |
Ru Amateuryears: | - - County side: - |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Oxford University RFC Blackheath North of England |
School: | Marlborough College |
University: | University of Oxford |
William Fletcher (1851–1895) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1875.[1]
William Fletcher was born on 10 December 1851 in Kensington.[1] He attended Marlborough College and went on to study at the University of Oxford.[2]
At Oxford, Fletcher won four blues (1872, 1873 (2), 1874) and played in the first varsity match against Cambridge University in 1872.[2] Fletcher made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match.[1] He played his final match for England on 8 March 1875 at Edinburgh in the Scotland vs England match.[1]
Fletcher became a merchant in London.[2]