Alexander Wood (rugby union)
| Birth name | Alexander Thomson Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 April 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kirktown of Fetteresso, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 October 1905 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Stonehaven, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Wood (30 April 1848 – 26 October 1905) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland from 1873 to 1875.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Wood played for Royal HSFP.[2]
Provincial career[]
He represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the world's second provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 15 February 1873.[3]
He next played for the District on 5 December 1874 and 20 February 1875.[4][5]
International career[]
His international debut was the home match against England on 3 March 1873 at Glasgow.[6]
He played again for Scotland, against England, in the following year's fixture at The Oval on 23 February 1874.[7]
His last match for Scotland, again against England, was the fixture at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on 8 March 1875.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Alexander Thomson Wood". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18730116/077/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "England v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
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