|
1878–79 Scottish Districts Season
The 1878-79 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams. It includes the East of Scotland District versus West of Scotland District trial match. History Due to 9 weeks of frost there was no inter-city match played this season. The East v West match was played; in quite soft ground. The kick-off was delayed, and the players found it tough to score. The match ended nil - nil. Results Inter-City No match played. Other Scottish matches West of Scotland District: Robert Campbell MacKenzie (Glasgow Academicals), Malcolm Cross (Glasgow Academicals), P. Russell (West of Scotland), James Campbell (Glasgow Academicals), J. Nelson (Glasgow Academicals), Edward Ewart (Glasgow Academicals), John Blair Brown (Glasgow Academicals), Stewart Henry Smith (Glasgow Academicals), J. Colville (West of Scotland), Henry Melville Napier (West of Scotland), J. Cochrane (West of Scotland), J. Adam (West of Scotland), F. Buchanan (West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877–78 Scottish Districts Season
The 1877–78 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams. It includes the Inter-City fixture between Glasgow District (rugby union), Glasgow District and Edinburgh District (rugby union), Edinburgh District; and the East of Scotland District (rugby union), East of Scotland District versus West of Scotland District (rugby union), West of Scotland District trial match. History The Inter-City match was won by a drop goal. After last season's defeat at the hands of Edinburgh District, the East of Scotland District (rugby union), East of Scotland District decided to play its own trial match to better determine its players for the upcoming match against Edinburgh. The East of Scotland, at the time, picked its players from four leading teams in the area: Aberdeenshire RFC; Abertay RFC; Red Cross Dundee RFC; and St Andrew's University RFC. The original intention was for the trial match was to be played at Guthrie, Angus, Guthrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Melville Napier
Henry Melvill Napier (2 May 1854 – 18 December 1940) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1876–77 Home Nations rugby union matches, 1877–78 Home Nations rugby union matches, 1878–79 Home Nations rugby union matches and 1879–80 Home Nations rugby union matches. Napier was also a noted engineer and shipbuilder. Rugby Union career Amateur career Napier played as a forward for Glasgow University RFC and West of Scotland. Provincial career He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 5 December 1874 match. He also represented the West of Scotland District. International career Although he gained Glasgow district cap while with the university, he gained his Scotland caps while with West of Scotland. Shipbuilding Napier was an engineer and shipbuilder. As a founder of Napier and Miller, a shipbuilding firm based first at Yoker, Glasgow - though then part of West Dunbartonshire - in 1898; then moving to Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ainslie (rugby Union)
Thomas Ainslie (1860-1926) was a Scotland international rugby union football player.Bath, p137 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District in the 1879 and 1880 inter-city. He played for East of Scotland District in the March 1879 and January 1880 match. International career He was capped 12 times for between 1881 and 1885. Administrative career Ainslie became the 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union The President of the Scottish Rugby Union is the figurehead of rugby union in Scotland. Origin In 1873, and directly after the Scotland versus England international match, representatives from eight Scottish rugby union sides came together in Gla .... He served the 1891–92 term in office. Family He was the brother of Robert Ainslie who was also capped for Scotland. References ;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Somerville (rugby Union)
David Somerville (6 August 1856 – 4 February 1933) was a Scotland international rugby union player He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.Bath, p104 Rugby Union career Amateur career His club was Edinburgh Institution F.P. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 1 December 1877. He played for Whites Trial in their match against Blues Trial Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African- ... on 16 February 1878. This trial match was to try and impress the Scotland international side selectors. He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 1 March 1879. International career He was capped six times for Scotland between 1879-84 including the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Brewis
Dr Nathaniel Thomas Brewis (16 April 1856 – 21 October 1924) was a Scottish Doctor and international rugby union player . He became the 13th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Medical Career Nathaniel Brewis graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MB in 1882, and began his career as a House-Surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Glasgow Maternity Hospital. He proceeded to specialise in Gynaecology, serving as obstetrician and gynaecologist to the Edinburgh New Town Dispensary, Leith Hospital, and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. A Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Brewis was also elected president of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. He retired from his medical career in 1922. Rugby union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P. Provincial career Cross was capped by Edinburgh District to play against Glasgow District in the inter-city match in 1875. He was sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Irvine
Duncan Irvine was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p137 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Academicals; and Aberdeen Rangers. He was staying in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire in 1881 census. Provincial career He played for East of Scotland District in February 1876. In this match he was deemed an Edinburgh Academical player. He played for East of Scotland District against Edinburgh District in January 1887. His brother Bulldog Irvine played for Edinburgh; Duncan was deemed a Aberdeen Rangers player. He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in February 1878, again classed as an Edinburgh Accies player. International career He was capped three times for Scotland between 1878 and 1879. Academic career Irvine joined the British Geological Survey on 1 May 1868. He worked in south-west Scotland:- the Mull of Galloway, Wigtown and Stranraer. He resigned from the BGS on 10 July 1882. He moved to Canada, where he continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Petrie (rugby Union)
Alexander Petrie (14 February 1853 – 4 February 1909) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland from 1873 to 1880. Rugby Union career Amateur career Petrie played as a forward for Royal HSFP. Provincial career Petrie represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872. Petrie also represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 5 December 1874 match. International career Petrie's international debut was the home match on 3 March 1873 at Glasgow. He turned out for Scotland a total of 11 times, his last match on 28 February 1880. Referee career After playing, Petrie took up refereeing rugby union matches. He refereed an international in 1882. He also became President of the Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sorley Brown
William Sorley Brown (1860-1901) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 15th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Rugby union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P. Provincial career Brown was capped by East of Scotland District to play against West of Scotland District at the end of January 1880. Brown was capped by Edinburgh District to play against Glasgow District in the inter-city match in 1881. International career He was capped six times for between 1880 and 1883. Administrative career He was made the 15th President of the Scottish Rugby Union The President of the Scottish Rugby Union is the figurehead of rugby union in Scotland. Origin In 1873, and directly after the Scotland versus England international match, representatives from eight Scottish rugby union sides came together in Gla ... for the period 1887-88. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, William Sorley 1860 births 1901 deaths Scottish rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Masters (rugby Union)
William Masters (25 June 1858 – 2 October 1897) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Masters played rugby union for Edinburgh Institution F.P. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 1 December 1877. He was moved to the Quarter back position as Ninian Finlay and Bill Maclagan played at Half back. Masters won the match for Edinburgh by scoring a drop goal. He played for the East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 9 February 1878. Again, Masters played at Quarter back. He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African- ... side on 16 February 1878. International ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Maclagan
William Edward Maclagan (5 April 1858 – 10 October 1926) was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C. Maclagan was one of the longest-serving international rugby players during the early development of the sport, and was awarded 25 caps for Scotland. He played international rugby for thirteen seasons, a Scottish record for sixty years,Griffiths (1987), pg 2:7. and led the first official British Isles team on its 1891 tour of South Africa. Maclagan's contributions to the early development of rugby were recognised in 2009 with his induction into the IRB Hall of Fame. Rugby Union career Amateur career Maclagan was educated at the Edinburgh Academy (1869–1875), and on leaving joined the Edinburgh Academical rugby club. Provincial career He was capped by Edinburgh District in the inter-city match of 1877. He played for the East of Scotland District against the West of Scotland District on 9 February 1878 and 1 March 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninian Finlay
Ninian Jamieson Finlay (31 January 1858 – 7 March 1936Godwin, p147) was a Scottish international rugby player.Bath, p136 He was capped nine times for between 1875–81, and is generally considered to be the youngest player ever to be capped for - he was seventeen years and thirty six days old when he was capped against on 8 March 1875.Bath, p65 He vies for this record with Charles Reid, who was the same age when capped - however, Reid had lived through an extra leap year day, when he was capped in 1881. Rugby Union career Amateur career Finlay attended Edinburgh Academy, which he was attending when capped. :"''Ninian was still a schoolboy, but was such an incredibly powerful runner, and sublime drop-kicker that he became the first real superstar of Scottish rugby.''" He later played for Edinburgh Academicals and Edinburgh University RFC. Provincial career Finlay played for Edinburgh District. He played for East of Scotland District in 1876. International career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Stewart (rugby Union)
Charles Stewart (8 May 1860 – 25 February 1890) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for West of Scotland. Provincial career He played in the inter-city match for Glasgow District in December 1879. He played for West of Scotland District in February 1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February †.... International career He was capped twice for Scotland in 1880. References 1860 births 1890 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players West of Scotland District (rugby union) players Glasgow District (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Glasgow West of Scotland FC players Rugby union forwards {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |