| Joseph Sandford | |
| Full Name: | Joseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Landkey, Devon, England |
| Death Place: | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Occupation: | Civil servant |
| School: | Marlborough College |
| University: | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Relatives: | Ernest Sandford (father) |
| Position: | Centre |
| Repyears1: | 1906 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Joseph Ruscombe Poole Sandford (5 March 1881 – 29 July 1916) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Landkey, Devon, Sandford was the son of Ernest Sandford, the Archdeacon of Exeter.[1]
Sandford attended Marlborough College and Exeter College, Oxford, where he was a rugby blue. He also played rugby for Devon and was capped once for England as a centre three-quarter against Ireland in 1906.[2]
Employed by the Sudan Civil Service, Sandford fell ill and died in Khartoum in 1916, aged 35.[3]