Alexander Aitken (rugby union)
Birth name | Alexander Inglis Aitken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 January 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 7 July 1925 | (aged 56)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Aitken (8 January 1869 – 7 July 1925) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Aitken played club rugby for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[2]
Provincial career[]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1888 inter-city match.[2]
He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 26 January 1889.[3]
International career[]
He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1889. He played in the match against Ireland on 16 February.[4]
Family[]
His father was Alexander Dunn Aitken (1818-1902) and his mother was Elizabeth Smith McClelland (1832-1915). He was one of their ten children.
References[]
- ^ "Alexander Inglis Aitken". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18890126/084/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alexander Aitken - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Categories:
- 1869 births
- 1925 deaths
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Edinburgh Institution F.P. players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- East of Scotland District players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh