Rupert Renorden Sandilands (7 August 186820 April 1946) was an English international

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who played as an

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Early and personal life

Sandilands was born on 7 August 1868 at the vicarage in

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, near

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, where his father Percival was the vicar. He was the youngest of six children. By 1881 the family was living at Lyvdene School in Devon, where his father was schoolmaster. Sandilands attended

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. He worked in London as a clerk for the Bank of England. In addition to his football career, he also played hockey and cricket.

Football career

Sandilands played football whilst attending

, and played club football for Old Westminsters, Casuals, Corinthian and

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. He earned five caps for the English national side between 1892 and 1896, scoring three goals. His first appearance for England was against

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in March 1892; he scored England's second goal in a 2–0 victory. He had previously played for an England XI against

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in a match not regarded as an official international.

Later life and death

Sandilands had retired from the Bank of England by 1939. He was living in

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and died in

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on 20 April 1946, aged 77.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandilands, Rupert 1868 births 1946 deaths English men's footballers England men's international footballers Old Westminsters F.C. players Casuals F.C. players Corinthian F.C. players Men's association football outside forwards People educated at Westminster School, London People from North Northamptonshire Footballers from Northamptonshire