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William Stevenson (rugby union)

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William Stevenson
Birth nameWilliam Hugh Stevenson
Date of birth(1897-05-03)3 May 1897
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death26 August 1972(1972-08-26) (aged 75)
Place of deathStreatley, Berkshire, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1924 Glasgow District ()
1924 Whites Trial ()
1924 Scotland Possibles ()
1924 Scotland Probables ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1925 Scotland 1 (0)

William Stevenson (3 May 1897 – 26 August 1972) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

Provincial career

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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

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Stevenson played for Scotland once in 1925.[4]

Military career

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He was in the 3/16 Punjab regiment, and was a captain.[5]

Family

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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

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  1. ^ "William Hugh Stevenson". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "Scotland v France". ESPN scrum.
  5. ^ a b c d "Register". Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.