William Stevenson (rugby union)

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

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
1924
1924
1924
Glasgow District
Whites Trial
Scotland Possibles
Scotland Probables
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1925 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career edit

Amateur career edit

Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

Provincial career edit

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 edit

Stevenson played for Scotland once in 1925.[4]

Military career edit

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

Family edit

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 edit

  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.