William Stevenson (rugby union) explained

William Stevenson
Birth Name:William Hugh Stevenson
Birth Date:3 May 1897
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Place:Streatley, Berkshire, England
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:Glasgow Academicals
Ru Provinceyears:1924
1924
1924
1924
Ru Province:Glasgow District
Whites Trial
Scotland Possibles
Scotland Probables
Ru Position:Prop
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalyears:1925
Ru Nationalcaps:1
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

William Stevenson (3 May 1897  - 26 August 1972) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in the 1924 inter-city match against Edinburgh District.[3]

He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 15 December 1924; and he started for Scotland Possibles in the trial match of 27 December 1924, impressing he came on for the Scotland Probables side in the second half.

International career

Stevenson played for Scotland once in 1925.[4]

Military career

He was in the 3/16 Punjab regiment, and was a captain.[5]

Family

His father Hugh Ferguson Stevenson (1845-1930) married Eliza McEwen (1854-1933) in 1879 in Glasgow.[5]

William was one of their eight children, and the youngest son.[5]

William was to marry Elizabeth Margaret Wallace (1902-1985) in 1931 in Kirkintilloch.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Hugh Stevenson. ESPN scrum.
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: Scotland v France. ESPN scrum.
  5. Web site: Register . 7 August 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.