Birth name | Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 May 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kensington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 February 1966 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Gosforth, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Managing director | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Birth name | Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 May 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kensington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 February 1966 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Gosforth, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Managing director | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.