Stan Weston

Stanley James Weston was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand national [rugby league team|New Zealand].

Early life

Weston was born in Auckland to Stephen James Weston. He had two brothers and three sisters. His younger brother, Lyn Weston, played rugby union.

Weston played for the North Shore club in the Auckland Rugby League competition and represented Auckland. He played for North Shore from 1911 to 1914 when he retired from playing. He did however take up refereeing and began refereeing senior club games in the 1917 [Auckland Rugby League season|1917 season].
He was selected for New Zealand as part of the 1912 [New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia|1912 tour of Australia], although no test matches were played on the tour. In 1914 he played in one test match against the 1914 [Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand|touring Great Britain Lions].

Weston refeered a rugby union match between Waikato and the 1930 [British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia|touring British Lions] in Hamilton on 2 August 1930.
Lyn and Stan Weston were both garage proprietors in Whangārei in the 1930s. He died in Whangārei on 23 December 1967 and was buried at Maunu Cemetery.