Thomas Ainslie
| Birth name | Thomas Ainslie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 December 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lasswade, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 March 1926 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1891–1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gordon Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Morton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Ainslie was a Scotland international rugby union football player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[1]
Provincial career[]
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1879[3] and 1880 inter-city.[4]
He played for East of Scotland District in the March 1879[5] and January 1880 match.[6]
International career[]
He was capped 12 times for Scotland between 1881 and 1885.[1][7]
Administrative career[]
Ainslie became the 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1891–92 term in office.[8]
Family[]
He was the brother of Robert Ainslie who was also capped for Scotland.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Bath, p137
- ^ "Thomas Ainslie".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002731/18800202/026/0003.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tom Ainslie - Test matches".
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf[bare URL]
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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