1875-76 Home Nations rugby union matches
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The 1875-76 Home Nations rugby union matches are a series of international friendlies held between the England
, Ireland
and Scotland
national rugby union
teams. These were the last international rugby games to field teams of twenty players a side, the teams reducing to fifteen a side in the 1876-77 season.
, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark
. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.
), H Moore (Windsor), BN Casement (Wanderers), EW Hobson (Dublin University
), RJ Bell (NIFC
) capt., AP Cronyn (Dublin University
), G Andrews (NIFC
), DT Arnott (Lansdowne), WH Ash (NIFC
), HL Cox (Lansdowne), WA Cuscaden (Bray), W Finlay (Windsor), R Galbraith (Dublin University
), R Greer (Kingstown), J Ireland (Windsor), JA McDonald (Methodist College), RM Maginess (Dublin University
), EN McIlwaine (NIFC
), HD Walsh (Dublin University
), AJ Westby (Dublin University
),
England: SHM Login (Royal Naval College
), Alec Pearson
(Blackheath), CR Gunner
(Marlborough Nomads
), AT Michell (Oxford University
), CWH Clark (Liverpool
), WE Collins
(St George's Hospital
), J V Brewer
(Gipsies
), CC Bryden (Clapham Rovers
), Andrew Bulteel
(Manchester
), James Bush (Clifton
), HJ Graham (Wimbeldon Hornets
), JDG Graham (Wimbledon Hornets
), W Greg (Manchester
), WHH Hutchinson
(Hull), Edward Kewley
(Liverpool
), Francis Luscombe
(Gipsies
) capt., EE Marriott
(Manchester
), Murray Marshall
(Blackheath), Edward Beadon Turner
(St George's Hospital
), CL Verelst (Liverpool
)
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(Blackheath), AH Heath (Oxford University
), Reg Birkett
(Clapham Rovers
), L Stokes
(Blackheath), TS Tetley
(Bradford
), WE Collins
(St George's Hospital
), WC Hutchinson
(RIE College), FR Adams
(Richmond
), James Bush (Clifton
), EC Cheston
(Richmond
), HJ Graham (Wimbeldon Hornets
), W Greg (Manchester
), WH Hunt (Preston Grasshoppers
), Edward Kewley
(Liverpool
), Francis Luscombe
(Gipsies
) capt., Murray Marshall
(Blackheath), WCW Rawlinson (Blackheath), GR Turner (St George's Hospital
), Roger Walker
(Manchester
)
Scotland: JS Carrick (Glasgow Academicals
), T Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals
), Malcolm Cross
(Glasgow Academicals
), Ninian Finlay
(Edinburgh Academicals), AK Stewart (Edinburgh University RFC
), GQ Paterson (Edinburgh Academicals), DH Watson (Glasgow Academicals
), Allen Arthur
(Glasgow Academicals
), WH Bolton (West of Scotland), NT Brewis (Edinburgh Inst FP), CW Cathcart (Edinburgh University RFC
), D Drew (Glasgow Academicals
), GR Fleming (Glasgow Academicals
), JHS Graham (Edinburgh Academicals), RW Irvine
(Edinburgh Academicals) capt., JE Junor (Glasgow Academicals
), D Lang (Paisley
), AG Petrie (Royal HSFP), J Reid
(Edinburgh Wanderers), C Villar (Edinburgh Wanderers)
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England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
and Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
national rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
teams. These were the last international rugby games to field teams of twenty players a side, the teams reducing to fifteen a side in the 1876-77 season.
Results
Scoring system
The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was awarded for a successful conversion after a tryTry
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark
Goal from mark
A goal from mark is a former scoring move in rugby football. It occurred when a player "marked" the ball by making a fair catch and shouting "mark". From this position the player could not be tackled. The player then had the option of a free kick, which can be taken as a place, drop, or tap kick...
. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.
Ireland vs. England
Ireland: RB Walkington (NIFCNorth of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), H Moore (Windsor), BN Casement (Wanderers), EW Hobson (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), RJ Bell (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
) capt., AP Cronyn (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), G Andrews (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), DT Arnott (Lansdowne), WH Ash (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), HL Cox (Lansdowne), WA Cuscaden (Bray), W Finlay (Windsor), R Galbraith (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), R Greer (Kingstown), J Ireland (Windsor), JA McDonald (Methodist College), RM Maginess (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), EN McIlwaine (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), HD Walsh (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), AJ Westby (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
),
England: SHM Login (Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College
The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London, described by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as being of “outstanding universal value” and reckoned to be the “finest and most...
), Alec Pearson
Alexander William Pearson
Alexander "Alec" William Pearson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1878. He was described as late as 1925 as "about as fíne a full back as ever played", and was the first Australian born rugby union international.-Early life and family:Alexander William Pearson...
(Blackheath), CR Gunner
Charles Gunner
Charles Richards Gunner was an English cricketer.Gunner represented Hampshire in a single first-class match against Derbyshire in 1878. During the watch Gunner was not required to bat, but he did take a single catch...
(Marlborough Nomads
Marlborough Nomads
The Marlborough Nomads was a 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures....
), AT Michell (Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), CWH Clark (Liverpool
Liverpool St Helens F.C.
Liverpool St Helens Football Club are a rugby union team formed from the merger of Liverpool Football Club and St. Helens RUFC. The club currently plays in North 1 West....
), WE Collins
William Collins (sportsman, born 1853)
William Edward Collins MB MRCS CMG was a sportsman and politician...
(St George's Hospital
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world having been founded in 1863. The side is notable for its long history, its participation in the oldest competition in rugby, the United Hospitals Cup, as well as having produced a large number of international...
), J V Brewer
Jeaffreson Vennor Brewer
Jeaffreson Brewer was a rugby union international who represented England in 1875.-Early life:Jeaffreson Vennor Brewer was born in 1853, the son of Dr. Alexander Brewer of Ebbw Vale. He was sent to boarding school in Epsom to the Royal Medical Benevolent College, which later became known as Epsom...
(Gipsies
Gipsies Football Club
The Gipsies Football Club was a short lived 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures.-History:The Gipsies...
), CC Bryden (Clapham Rovers
Clapham Rovers F.C.
Clapham Rovers was from its foundation in 1869 a leading English sports organisation in the two dominant codes of football, association football and rugby union. It was a prominent club in the late 19th century but is now defunct...
), Andrew Bulteel
Andrew Bulteel
Andrew Bulteel was a rugby union international who represented England in 1875.-Early life and family background:Andrew Marcus Bulteel was born in September 1850 in Liverpool, the second son of Andrew Hume Bulteel and his wife Catherine Chartres. The Bulteel family was of Huguenot descent and had...
(Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), James Bush (Clifton
Clifton Rugby Football Club
Clifton Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol, England. Over the years the club's home games have been played in a variety of locations in northern Bristol, though never in Clifton itself; since 1976 they have been based at the southern end of Cribbs Causeway.Clifton...
), HJ Graham (Wimbeldon Hornets
Wimbledon RFC
Wimbledon Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Wimbledon, London. The club was a founding member of the Rugby Football Union and were at that time known as the Wimbledon Hornets.-History:Wimbledon’s first recorded match was against Richmond F.C...
), JDG Graham (Wimbledon Hornets
Wimbledon RFC
Wimbledon Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Wimbledon, London. The club was a founding member of the Rugby Football Union and were at that time known as the Wimbledon Hornets.-History:Wimbledon’s first recorded match was against Richmond F.C...
), W Greg (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), WHH Hutchinson
William Hutchinson (rugby)
William Henry Heap Hutchinson was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Hull, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Hull), Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley was an English sportsman who played rugby union for England and also played first class cricket for Lancashire...
(Liverpool
Liverpool St Helens F.C.
Liverpool St Helens Football Club are a rugby union team formed from the merger of Liverpool Football Club and St. Helens RUFC. The club currently plays in North 1 West....
), Francis Luscombe
Francis Luscombe
Francis Luscombe was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1876. He also captained his country.-Early life:Francis Luscombe was born on 1849 in Norwood, then in Surrey...
(Gipsies
Gipsies Football Club
The Gipsies Football Club was a short lived 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures.-History:The Gipsies...
) capt., EE Marriott
Ernest Marriott
Ernest Marriott was a rugby union international who represented England in 1875.-Early life:Ernest Marriott was born on 15 January 1857 in Salford, the son of Henry Marriott, Esq. Rowan Lodge, Whalley Range, Manchester...
(Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1878. He also captained his country.-Early life:Murray Marshall was born 7 October 1852 in Guildford and baptised on 3 November 1852 in the parish of St Peter and St Paul, Godalming. His parents were Murray and...
(Blackheath), Edward Beadon Turner
Edward Beadon Turner
Edward Beadon Turner was an English medical doctor and medical administrator. Turner was a powerful orator and made himself available to multiple medical committees...
(St George's Hospital
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world having been founded in 1863. The side is notable for its long history, its participation in the oldest competition in rugby, the United Hospitals Cup, as well as having produced a large number of international...
), CL Verelst (Liverpool
Liverpool St Helens F.C.
Liverpool St Helens Football Club are a rugby union team formed from the merger of Liverpool Football Club and St. Helens RUFC. The club currently plays in North 1 West....
)
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England vs. Scotland
England: Alec PearsonAlexander William Pearson
Alexander "Alec" William Pearson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1878. He was described as late as 1925 as "about as fíne a full back as ever played", and was the first Australian born rugby union international.-Early life and family:Alexander William Pearson...
(Blackheath), AH Heath (Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), Reg Birkett
Reg Birkett
Reginald Halsey Birkett was an English football player who played for Clapham Rovers, as well as the English national side. He also played international rugby union for England in 1871, in the first ever international rugby match. In this match he scored England's first ever try.-Early...
(Clapham Rovers
Clapham Rovers F.C.
Clapham Rovers was from its foundation in 1869 a leading English sports organisation in the two dominant codes of football, association football and rugby union. It was a prominent club in the late 19th century but is now defunct...
), L Stokes
Lennard Stokes
Dr. Lennard Stokes was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1881. He also captained his country on five occasions, notably in the first ever match against Wales...
(Blackheath), TS Tetley
Thomas Tetley
Thomas "Tom" Spence Tetley was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre. Prior to 27 August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
), WE Collins
William Collins (sportsman, born 1853)
William Edward Collins MB MRCS CMG was a sportsman and politician...
(St George's Hospital
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world having been founded in 1863. The side is notable for its long history, its participation in the oldest competition in rugby, the United Hospitals Cup, as well as having produced a large number of international...
), WC Hutchinson
William Hutchinson (rugby union)
William Hutchinson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1876 to 1877.-Rugby union career:Hutchinson attended and played his club rugby for the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill. He was selected to play for England in 1876 and made his international debut on...
(RIE College), FR Adams
Frank Reginald Adams
Frank Adams was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1879. He also captained his country.-Early life:Frank Adams was born in 1852, the second son of Frank Adams and Ellen Straith...
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), James Bush (Clifton
Clifton Rugby Football Club
Clifton Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol, England. Over the years the club's home games have been played in a variety of locations in northern Bristol, though never in Clifton itself; since 1976 they have been based at the southern end of Cribbs Causeway.Clifton...
), EC Cheston
Ernest Cheston
Ernest Cheston was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1876.-Early life:Ernest Cheston was born on 24 October 1848 in Hackney the sixth son of Chester Cheston of Clapton. He attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College where he was the captain of the school rugby XX...
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), HJ Graham (Wimbeldon Hornets
Wimbledon RFC
Wimbledon Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Wimbledon, London. The club was a founding member of the Rugby Football Union and were at that time known as the Wimbledon Hornets.-History:Wimbledon’s first recorded match was against Richmond F.C...
), W Greg (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), WH Hunt (Preston Grasshoppers
Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C.
Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Preston, Lancashire. It was founded on 28 September 1869 at a meeting held at the Bull Hotel, Preston making one of the oldest 'northern' rugby union teams....
), Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley was an English sportsman who played rugby union for England and also played first class cricket for Lancashire...
(Liverpool
Liverpool St Helens F.C.
Liverpool St Helens Football Club are a rugby union team formed from the merger of Liverpool Football Club and St. Helens RUFC. The club currently plays in North 1 West....
), Francis Luscombe
Francis Luscombe
Francis Luscombe was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1876. He also captained his country.-Early life:Francis Luscombe was born on 1849 in Norwood, then in Surrey...
(Gipsies
Gipsies Football Club
The Gipsies Football Club was a short lived 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures.-History:The Gipsies...
) capt., Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1878. He also captained his country.-Early life:Murray Marshall was born 7 October 1852 in Guildford and baptised on 3 November 1852 in the parish of St Peter and St Paul, Godalming. His parents were Murray and...
(Blackheath), WCW Rawlinson (Blackheath), GR Turner (St George's Hospital
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world having been founded in 1863. The side is notable for its long history, its participation in the oldest competition in rugby, the United Hospitals Cup, as well as having produced a large number of international...
), Roger Walker
Roger Walker (rugby)
Roger Walker was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Manchester Rugby Club and international rugby for England...
(Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
)
Scotland: JS Carrick (Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), T Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), Malcolm Cross
Malcolm Cross
Malcolm Cross was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped nine times for between 1875-80. He also played for Merchistonians.He was the brother of William Cross who was also capped for Scotland, and who scored the first ever conversion in international rugby.-References:* Bath, Richard The...
(Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), Ninian Finlay
Ninian Finlay
Ninian Jamieson Finlay was a Scottish international rugby players. 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 8th March, 1875...
(Edinburgh Academicals), AK Stewart (Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), GQ Paterson (Edinburgh Academicals), DH Watson (Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), Allen Arthur
Allen Arthur
Allen Arthur was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped twice for between 1875-76. He also played for Glasgow Academicals.He was the brother of John Arthur who was also capped for Scotland during the first ever rugby international.-References:...
(Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), WH Bolton (West of Scotland), NT Brewis (Edinburgh Inst FP), CW Cathcart (Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), D Drew (Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), GR Fleming (Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), JHS Graham (Edinburgh Academicals), RW Irvine
Bulldog Irvine
Doctor Robert W. Irvine, nicknamed "Bulldog", was a Scottish rugby football player.-Rugby career:He was capped 13 times for between 1871–80, including the first ever rugby international...
(Edinburgh Academicals) capt., JE Junor (Glasgow Academicals
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), D Lang (Paisley
Paisley RFC
Paisley Rugby Club is an amateur rugby union club based at the in Paisley. The club is currently in the Scottish West Region Division 3.The club runs two adult teams and a host of youth teams...
), AG Petrie (Royal HSFP), J Reid
James Reid (rugby)
James Reid was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped five times for between 1874-77. He also played for Edinburgh Wanderers.He was the brother of Charles Reid who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(Edinburgh Wanderers), C Villar (Edinburgh Wanderers)
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