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English rugby union player and cricketer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley Watson Anderson (5 August 1871 – 12 February 1942) was an English international rugby union player.
Birth name | Stanley Watson Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 August 1871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Walker, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 February 1942 70) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Alnwick, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Shipyard plater; publican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anderson was born in the Newcastle upon Tyne suburb of Walker in August 1871. He played rugby union at amateur level for Northumberland, Wallsend and Rockcliff.[1] He was selected to play one Test match for England against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1899 Home Nations Championship.[2] Anderson also played cricket at minor counties level for Northumberland, making 25 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1904–1913.[3] By profession he was a shipyard plater and later ran the Plough Inn public house at Alnwick from 1919.[1] He died at Alnwick in February 1942.
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