Alex Laidlaw

Alex Laidlaw

Birth name	Alexander Smith Laidlaw
Date of birth	(1877-08-13)13 August 1877
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	12 September 1933(1933-09-12) (aged 56)
Place of death	Bradford, England
Rugby league career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1898–1908 Bradford F.C. () International career Years Team Apps (Points) Other Nationalities ()
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1897 Hawick () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1897 South of Scotland () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1897 Scotland 1 (0)

Alexander "Alex" Smith Laidlaw (13 August 1877 – 12 September 1933) was a Scottish dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer.

Background

Alex Laidlaw was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was the landlord of The Prospect Hotel public house, 527 Bolton Road, Bradford, and he died aged 56 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Laidlaw played rugby union for Hawick.

Provincial career

He was capped by South of Scotland District in their match against North of Scotland District on 11 December 1897.

International career

He earned one cap for Scotland in a victory over Ireland during the 1897 Home Nations Championship.

Rugby League career

Laidlaw later played rugby league for Bradford F.C. (now Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.), signing in 1898, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.

Championship Final appearances

Alex Laidlaw played as a forward, i.e. number 9, in Bradford FC's 5–0 victory over Salford in the Championship tiebreaker during the 1903–04 season at Thrum Hall, Hanson Lane, Halifax on Thursday 28 April 1904, in front of a crowd of 12,000.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Alex Laidlaw played as a forward, i.e. number 9, and scored a try in Bradford F.C.'s 5–0 victory over Salford in the 1906 Challenge Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds, on Saturday 28 April 1906, in front of a crowd of 15,834.

External links

• Image "1903/04 Northern Union Champions – Bradford were Northern Union champions for the first time in the season 1903/04. They beat Salford 5–0 in a play off at Thrum Hall, Halifax. – Date: 28/04/1904 – Players: Back row: Robson (trainer), Sinton, Heseltine, Sharratt. Middle row: Hutt, Barker, Greenwood, Smales, Feather, Mosby, Eagers. Front row: Dunbavin, Gunn, Rees, Marsden, Turner, Laidlaw, Dechan. On ground: Surman, Brear" at rlhp.co.uk
• Image "1906 Challenge Cup winning team – Bradford beat Salford to win the Challenge Cup in 1906 at Headingley. – Date: 28/04/1906 – Players: Back row: Hoyle (Secretary), Greenwood, Connell, Feather, Smales, Francis, Grayson, Walton, Mosby, Surman, Rees, Farrell (Trainer). Middle row: Gunn, Sharratt, Dechan, Marsden, Turner, Laidlaw, Mann. Front row: Dunbavin, Heseltine, Brear." at rlhp.co.uk
• Image "Alex Laidlaw – A Scot, Alex Laidlaw played for his native country before joining Bradford where he played from 1898 to 1908. – Date: 01/01/1897" at rlhp.co.uk