Rugby Career
A talented all round sportsman, like most men who have held the record for the highest individual score, he also played in 10 rugby union internationals for England. During his footballing career, Stoddart was at the forefront of many rugby firsts. In 1888, with fellow cricketers Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury he helped organise what became recognised as the first British Lions rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1888. The team played 55 matches, winning 27 of 35 rugby union games and 6 out of 19 matches and drawing 1 played under Australian rules with Stoddart one of the outstanding players. He took over the captaincy early in the tour when the Robert L. Seddon died in a sculling accident. In 1890 Stoddart again showing his openness to new ventures, became a founding member of the Barbarians, the invitational rugby club. On 27 December, Stoddart was given the captaincy of the very first Barbarian team, in a game against Hartlepool Rovers.
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