Malcolm Cross
| Birth name | Malcolm Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 June 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 December 1919 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1884–1885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gussie Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Nat Brewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Cross was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for Merchistonians.[1]
Provincial career[]
Cross was capped by Glasgow District to play against Edinburgh District in the inter-city match.
He was selected and played in the side of 1878.[3]
He played for West of Scotland District in March 1879.
International career[]
He was capped nine times for Scotland between 1875 and 1880.[1][4]
Family[]
He was the brother of William Cross who was also capped for Scotland, and who scored the first ever conversion in international rugby.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Bath, p136
- ^ "Malcolm Cross".
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Malcolm Cross – Test matches".
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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