Alexander William Angus (11 November 1889 – 23 March 1947) was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.[1][2]
| Birth name | Alexander William Angus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 November 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 March 1947 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editHe played club rugby for Watsonians.[3]
Provincial career
editHe played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1910 inter-city match. Edinburgh won the match 26–5, with Angus scoring a try.[4]
He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Watsonians. He scored a drop goal in a 26–19 win for the Whites.[5]
International career
editHe was capped eighteen for the Scotland rugby union team between 1909 and 1920.[3]
Richard Bath mentions him as one of the three Scottish players "who've gone the longest without (between) scoring a try for Scotland" along with Alan Tait and Gary Armstrong.[6] This is partly because World War I occurred in the middle of his international career, a period in which all international rugby ceased. He was first capped in 1909, scoring two tries in fourteen matches before the Great War.[6] His next four caps came in 1920, and he scored against Ireland on 28 February 1920 – just over nine years since his previous try.[6] Scotland won that match 19–0.[6]
Cricket career
editHe also played for the Scotland national cricket team.[3]
See also
edit- List of Scottish cricket and rugby union players
- Jock Wemyss and Charlie Usher, other players capped on both sides of the war.
References
edit- ^ "Alexander Angus: International profile". Scrum.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Alexander Angus". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ a b c Bath, p104
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c d Bath, p64
- 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)
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