Robert Rainie
Birth name | Robert Dick Rainie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 September 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | c. 6 October 1945 | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Merchiston Castle School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1897–1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Graham Findlay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | John Boswell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Rainie (25 September 1860 – c. October 1945) was a Scottish rugby union player. He later became an international referee and was the 24th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Rainie played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[2][3] [4]
Referee career[]
He refereed the England versus Wales match in the 1890 Home Nations Championship and the Wales versus England match in the 1891 Home Nations Championship.[5] and the Ireland versus Wales match in the 1894 Home Nations Championship.[6]
Administrative career[]
Rainie became the 24th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1897–98 term in office.[7][8]
Outside of rugby[]
Rainie was a Chartered Accountant. He was a partner in the firm Brewis, Rainie and Boyd.[9]
He was an auditor of Mortonhall Golf Club.[10]
His brother was the Rev. William Rainie, a minister of Newton-on-Ayr parish for 47 years.[11]
Robert Rainie died circa October 1945. The Executory Notice of his estate was advertised in The Scotsman on 6 October 1945.[12]
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- 1860 births
- 1945 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Scottish rugby union referees
- Edinburgh Wanderers RFC players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs