Ross Logan
| Birth name | William Ross Logan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 November 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 October 1993 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Merchiston Castle School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 78th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1964–1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Herbert Waddell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Thom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Ross Logan (24 November 1909 – 26 October 1993)[1] was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.[2]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He attended Merchiston Castle School,[3] where he captained the school team for three successive seasons. He also played for Edinburgh University RFC, and Edinburgh Wanderers,[2] captaining the latter at one point.
Provincial career[]
He was capped by Edinburgh District for the 1931 inter-city match.[4]
Ross turned out for the side for the second and final trial match of the 1937-38 season, on 15 January 1938.[5]
International career[]
He was capped for Scotland between 1931 and 1937.[2] He was only capped once in 1931 whilst still a student playing for Edinburgh University, in the game against England.
He captained Scotland in the 1937 match between Scotland and Wales at Swansea, and like , the Welsh captain, played for Edinburgh Wanderers. (Scotland won 13–6)[3]
One contemporary description of Logan says "[he] plays a characteristic hard game and is a past master in both defence and attack."
Administrative career[]
He became the 76th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1964 to 1965.[6]
Cricket career[]
He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.[2]
See also[]
- List of Scottish cricket and rugby union players
References[]
- ^ "Ross Logan". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Bath, p105
- ^ a b Bath, p41
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
- Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 ISBN 0-7126-2662-X)
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