William Stevenson (rugby union)

William Stevenson
BornWilliam Hugh Stevenson
(1897-05-03)3 May 1897
Died26 August 1972(1972-08-26) (aged 75)
Rugby union career
Position 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

Amateur career

Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

Provincial career

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

Stevenson played for Scotland once in 1925.[4]

Military career

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

Family

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

  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.