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Charles Vanderspar Full name Charles Henry Richard Vanderspar Date of birth July 1, 1853 Place of birth Kandy, Ceylon[1] Date of death April 9, 1877 Place of death Colombo, Ceylon (aged 23 years 282 days) School Wellington College Rugby union career Playing career Position Fullback Amateur clubs Years Club / team - Richmond F.C. National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1873-1873 
England1 Charles Vanderspar was a rugby union international who represented England in 1873.[1]
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Early life
Charles Vanderspar was born on July 1, 1853 in Kandy, in Sri Lanka then known as Ceylon.[1] He attended Wellington College in England.[2]
Rugby union career
Vanderspar played for Richmond F.C. after leaving Wellington College. He was soon singled out by the England selectors and made his only international appearance, aged 19, on March 3rd, 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow against Scotland.[1]
Later life
Vanderspar returned to the land of his birth but died in Colombo on 9th April, 1877. He is buried in St Mary’s Church, Bogawantalawa, Sri Lanka[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Charles Vanderspar Profile on scrum.com
- ^ Wellington College (England), Wellington College, Berkshire, Joseph Louis Bevir, Wellington College register: 1859-July 1905, Edition 3, (Publisher T. Hunt), 1906
- ^ www.kabristan.org.uk - ceylon-graveyards
Categories:- 1853 births
- 1877 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Old Wellingtonians
- Richmond F.C. players
- English people of Dutch descent
- English rugby union biography stubs
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