Stan Anderson (rugby union)

Stanley Watson Anderson (5 August 1871 – 12 February 1942) was an English international rugby union player.

Stan Anderson

Birth name	Stanley Watson Anderson
Date of birth	5 August 1871
Place of birth	Walker, Northumberland, England
Date of death	12 February 1942(1942-02-12) (aged 70)
Place of death	Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Occupation(s)	Shipyard plater; publican
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Northumberland () – Wallsend () – Rockcliff () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1899 England 1 (0)

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.