Christopher Stanger-Leathes

Christopher Stanger-Leathes
Born	Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes; 9 May 1881; Kensington, Middlesex, England
Died	27 February 1966 (aged 84); Gosforth, Northumberland, England
Occupation	Managing director
Rugby union career
Position
Position	Fullback
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Northumberland
–	Northern
International career
Years	Team
1904	British Isles
1905	England

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.^[1] He played rugby union at amateur level for Northumberland and Northern.^[2] He toured Australia and New Zealand with the British Isles rugby union team in 1904,^[3] playing one Test match against Australia at Sydney.^[4] The following year he played a second Test match, this time for England against Ireland at Cork in the 1905 Home Nations Championship.^[4] Stanger-Leathes also played cricket at minor counties level for Northumberland, making 99 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1903–1929.^[5] By profession he was a managing director at the ship ventilation manufacturers and sheet iron engineers Brown and Hood.^[6] He died at Gosforth in February 1966.^[1] His brother was the first-class cricketer Hugh Stanger-Leathes.

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