James Alexander Campbell (1 July 1858 – 19 June 1902) was a

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player.Bath, pp 65, 109

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Campbell attended

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, which he was attending when capped in 1878. For his final three internationals he was playing club rugby for

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Provincial career

He was capped by Glasgow District for the inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1880. He was capped by West of Scotland District for their match against East of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.

International career

He made his debut for

in 1878 at the young age of 19. He was capped for Scotland between 1878 and 1881,Bath, p109 and he was amongst the youngest player ever to be capped for Scotland – he was nearly twenty years old when he was capped against on 4 March 1878.Bath, p65 He earned a total of 5 caps for Scotland.

References

;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) 1858 births 1902 deaths Scotland international rugby union players Sportspeople from Alberta People educated at Merchiston Castle School Merchistonian FC players Pre-Confederation Alberta people Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Academicals rugby union players West of Scotland District (rugby union) players Glasgow District (rugby union) players Rugby union halfbacks {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub