James Moir MacKenzie (17 October 1886 – 22 January 1963) was a

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international

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player. He was the 62nd President of the

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for

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Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in the inter-city match of 1906. He played for the

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side against the

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side on 21 January 1911 while still with Edinburgh University.

International career

He was capped nine times for

between 1905 and 1911.

Administrative career

He was

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of the

for the period 1948 to 1949.

References

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