William Stevenson (rugby union)
| Birth name | William Hugh Stevenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 May 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 August 1972 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Streatley, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Stevenson (3 May 1897 – 26 August 1972) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career
[edit]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
[edit]Stevenson played for Scotland once in 1925.[4]
Military career
[edit]He was in the 3/16 Punjab regiment, and was a captain.[5]
Family
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "William Hugh Stevenson". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Scotland v France". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c d "Register". Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.