William Blackadder

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William Blackadder
Birth nameWilliam Francis Blackadder
Date of birth(1913-01-23)23 January 1913
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death27 November 1997(1997-11-27) (aged 84)
Place of deathDarlington, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Scottish Wayfarers
West of Scotland
Co-Optimists
Newcastle Northern		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1938
1938-39

Northumberland		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1938 Scotland 1 (0)

William Blackadder (2 April 1915 – 16 September 1990) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a wing.[1]

Rugby Union career[]

Amateur career[]

In 1933 he was playing for the Scottish Wayfarers.[2]

Blackadder played for West of Scotland.[3]

In April 1938 he played for the representative side Co-Optimists.[4]

He then moved to play for Newcastle Northern.[5][6]

Provincial career[]

Blackadder started for the side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938. He switched to play for the in the second half.[7]

He played for in January 1939, then playing for Newcastle Northern.[5]

While he was playing for Newcastle Northern he represented Northumberland county.[8]

International career[]

Blackadder was capped by Scotland just the once, in 1938.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "William Francis Blackadder". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ "Dundee Courier; British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  4. ^ "Jedburgh Gazette; British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19390103/164/0008 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19390116/020/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19381024/279/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Blackadder - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  10. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380319/018/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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