James McKendrick (rugby union)
Birth name | James Grierson McKendrick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Carluke, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 August 1938 | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James McKendrick (8 August 1864 – 16 October 1938) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for West of Scotland.
International career[]
McKendrick was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1889 against Ireland at Belfast.[2]
Family[]
His father was James Grierson McKendrick (1826-1896), his mother was Margaret Gibson (1826-1906).
He married Caroline Laidlaw (1871-1937) in Edinburgh in 1864. They had 6 children, but not all survived infancy.
References[]
- ^ "James Grierson McKendrick". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Ireland v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
Categories:
- 1864 births
- 1938 deaths
- Rugby union players from South Lanarkshire
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- West of Scotland FC players
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs