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Christopher Stanger-Leathes

1881 – 1966

English rugby union player

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Lived 1881 – 1966 (aged 84). Christopher Stanger-Leathes was a businessperson, cricketer and rugby union player.

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. He played rugby union at amateur level for Northumberland and Northern. He toured Australia and New Zealand with the British Isles rugby union team in 1904, playing one Test match against Australia at Sydney. The following year he played a second Test match, this time for England against Ireland at Cork in the 1905 Home Nations Championship. By profession he was a managing director at the ship ventilation manufacturers and sheet iron engineers Brown and Hood. He died at Gosforth in February 1966. His brother was the first-class cricketer Hugh Stanger-Leathes.

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Sherborne School
Also known as
Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes

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Who was Christopher Stanger-Leathes?

English rugby union player

When was Christopher Stanger-Leathes born?

Christopher Stanger-Leathes was born on 9 May 1881 in Kensington.

When did Christopher Stanger-Leathes die?

Christopher Stanger-Leathes died on 27 February 1966.

What was Christopher Stanger-Leathes's occupation?

Christopher Stanger-Leathes was a businessperson, cricketer and rugby union player.

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· Wikipedia: Christopher Stanger-Leathes

· Wikidata: Q64759396

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