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1874–75 Scottish Districts Season
The 1874–75 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams. It includes the Inter-City fixtures between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District. History The matches here remain 20 – a – side. These matches, with more players on the park, made it harder to score. In addition, scoring a try did not count for points. The try gave you an attempt to get a score by means of the conversion; if the conversion was missed then it did not benefit the try scoring team. It was only goals that mattered. Both inter-city matches this season show just how difficult it was to score when the teams were 20-a-side. The February 1875 match was the fourth draw in succession, although the ''North British Mail'' noted that Glasgow District had the best of the Inter-City match. It was noted that the 1875 match was played in two halves lasting 50 minutes each. Results Inter-City Glasgow District: William Davie Brown aptain James Stew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873–74 Scottish Districts Season
The 1873–74 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams. It includes the Inter-City fixtures between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District. History The matches here remain 20 - a - side. These matches, with more players on the park, made it harder to score. In addition, scoring a try did not count for points. The try gave you an attempt to get a score by means of the conversion; if the conversion was missed then it did not benefit the try scoring team. It was only goals that mattered. The second inter-city match here is a case in point. Edinburgh scored a try but missed the conversion. Hence the match ended in a draw. Results Inter-City Edinburgh District: J. L. Patullo (Edinburgh Wanderers), W. Blackwood (back), Angus Buchanan (Royal HSFP) (quarter back), G. Couper (Warriston) (half back), A. Finlay and J. Finlay- Forsyth, Bulldog Irvine (Edinburgh Academicals) (captain), J. Leslie (Royal HSFP) (back), R. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Chalmers Bryce
Charles Chalmers Bryce (16 April 1848 – 12 February 1895) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches The 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches was a single international friendly held between the England and Scotland national rugby union teams. With no other recognised rugby union teams in Britain or the rest of the World, the encounter betwee .... Bryce played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals. Bryce represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872. Bryce also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 5 December 1874 match. Bryce played in both Home Nations matches in the 1873-74 season against England; home and away. His debut was the away match on 3 March 1873 at Glasgow. His only subsequent cap for Scotland was in the away match on 23 February 1874. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryce, C ... [...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] |
James Robertson (rugby Union, Born 1854)
James George Robertson (c.1854 – February 1900) was a Scottish rugby union player. He is the first black rugby union player in the world. The Scottish sports historian Andy Mitchell, who researched Robertson's life, stated: "It is intriguing that someone from an unusual background has come to the country and been accepted into society. There is virtually nothing to indicate that he suffered discrimination due to his colour. This raises the question as to whether his social class allowed them to rise above racial discrimination." Early years The son of Perthshire surgeon Daniel Robertson, James Robertson was born in Bathurst - now Banjul - in the then-British colony of The Gambia in 1854. Dr. Daniel Robertson was to become Colonial Secretary of The Gambia. It is there he had two sons, James and John, with a local Gambian woman. Both sons were sent to Scotland for their education. James was first sent to board at a school in Crieff. He then went to Madras College from 1866 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Irvine
Doctor Robert William Irvine, (1853–1897) nicknamed "Bulldog", was a Scotland international rugby football player.Bath, p137 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Academicals. Provincial career He represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the Inter-City matches; and played in the first match in 1872. He represented East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District in 1876. International career He was capped 13 times for between 1871 and 1880, including the first ever rugby international.Bath, p4 Family He was the brother of 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 care ... who was also capped for Scotland. References ;Sources # Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gussie Graham
Gussie Graham (16 April 1856 – 17 October 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby union career Amateur career Graham played with Edinburgh Academicals. Provincial career He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1874. He played for East of Scotland District in 1876. He played for the Blues Trial side in 1878. International career Graham was capped 10 times for Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... between 1876 and 1881. Referee career He refereed the 1884 inter-city match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District. Administrative career He became the 11th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1883 to 1884. References 1856 births 1922 deaths Scotland international rugby union players Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Marshall (rugby Union)
Arthur Marshall was a Scotland international rugby football player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Marshall played for Edinburgh Academicals. Provincial career Marshall played for Edinburgh District in the 1874–75 season and the 1875–76 season. International career He was capped once for Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... on 8 March 1875. Family Marshall was the son of David Captain Marshall and Christina Thomson Morgan. Arthur was one of their seven children. It was noted that Marshall died in Erpingham, Chislehurst in the borough of Bromley on the 9 December 1909, following an operation. References 1855 births 1909 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Edinburgh Academicals rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Finlay
James Finlay was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p136 Rugby Union career Amateur career Finlay played for . Provincial career Finlay was capped for Edinburgh District, playing in the very first inter-city match in 1872; and captained the side in 1874. International career He was capped four times for between 1871 and 1875, including the first ever international.Bath, p4 He also played for Edinburgh Academicals. Family He was the brother of Arthur Finlay and Ninian Finlay who were also capped for Scotland. They all appeared together once in 1875, in the 0–0 draw against at Raeburn Place Raeburn Place is the main street of the suburb of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the name of the playing fields there. Rugby The first ever international rugby football game was played on the playing fields at Raeburn Place on 27 Ma ...: James winning the last of his four caps, while Arthur and Ninian gained their first caps.Bath, p52 References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Paterson (rugby Union)
George Paterson (5 March 1855 – March 1934) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Paterson started at Warriston. He was notable for his weight; he weighed under 9 stone - and is the lightest person to have played rugby union for Scotland.The Accies. David Barnes. Birlinn Publishing. 2008. Paterson later played for Edinburgh Academicals Paterson was a mainstay in the Accies team that won the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1878. He retired from rugby union in 1879. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District. He first played for the district in 1874 when still with Warriston. He played for East of Scotland District. He played for Blues Trial in their match against Whites Trial in 1878, scoring a try in the match. International career Paterson was capped by Scotland for one match, in 1876. It is said that his lack of weight hindered his international selection. Family Paterson was born in Banaglore, India to ... [...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] |
John Alexander Neilson
John Neilson (14 June 1858 – 16 July 1915) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a forward. He played for West of Scotland before moving on to Glasgow Academicals. He was called up for the Glasgow District side for the 1874 provincial match against Edinburgh District on 5 December 1874 while still with West of Scotland. He also played in Glasgow's first winning side against Edinburgh in 1881. He was called up to the Scotland squad in March 1878 and played England at The Oval on 4 March 1878. He was also called up the following year for the England match at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on 10 March 1879. At the time of his international caps he was playing for Glasgow Academicals The Glasgow Academical Football Club is the third oldest rugby football club in Scotland. The club was also a founder member of the Scottish Football Union (the future SRU) in 1873. History Glasgow Hawks In 1997 the decision was made to .... His brother Tom Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Paterson Neilson
Tom Neilson (22 October 1851 – 19 January 1909) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a forward. He played for West of Scotland, one of the top teams in Scotland at the time. He was called up for the Glasgow District side for the 1874 provincial match against Edinburgh District on 5 December 1874. He was called up to the Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... squad in February 1874 and played England at The Oval on 23 February 1874. His brother John Alexander Neilson also played rugby union for Glasgow District and Scotland. References 1851 births 1909 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players History of rugby union in Scotland West of Scotland FC players Glasgow District (rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
