Cyril Williams (rugby union)
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Full nameCyril Stoate Williams
Born17 November 1887
Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Died18 November 1978 (aged 91)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Position
Fullback
| Full name | Cyril Stoate Williams | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 November 1887 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 November 1978 (aged 91) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
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Cyril Stoate Williams (17 November 1887 – 18 November 1978) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Williams played his rugby for Manchester and was praised by the 1906–07 Springboks as the best fullback they faced, having appeared against the touring South Africans with Lancashire.[1] He gained his only England cap standing in for Billy Johnston against France at Paris in 1910.[2]
Williams immigrated to British Columbia and served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I.[3]