Alexander Aitken (8 January 1869 – 7 July 1925) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Alexander Inglis Aitken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 January 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 July 1925 (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editAitken played club rugby for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[2]
Provincial career
editHe played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1888 inter-city match.[2]
He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 26 January 1889.[3]
International career
editHe was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1889. He played in the match against Ireland on 16 February.[4]
Family
editHis father was Alexander Dunn Aitken (1818–1902) and his mother was Elizabeth Smith McClelland (1832-1915). He was one of their ten children.
References
edit- ^ "Alexander Inglis Aitken". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alexander Aitken - Test matches". ESPN scrum.