James Campbell (rugby union)
Birth name | James Alexander Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 July 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lake Athabasca, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 June 1902 | (aged 43)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Merchiston Castle School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Alexander Campbell (1 July 1858 - 19 June 1902) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Campbell attended Merchiston Castle School, which he was attending when capped in 1878.[2]
For his final three internationals he was playing club rugby for Glasgow Academicals.
Provincial career
He was capped by Glasgow District for the inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1880.[3]
He was capped by West of Scotland District for their match against East of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.[4]
International career
He made his debut for Scotland in 1878 at the young age of 19.
He was capped for Scotland between 1878–81,[5] and he was amongst the youngest player ever to be capped for Scotland - he was nearly twenty years old when he was capped against England on 4 March 1878.[2]
He earned a total of 5 caps for Scotland.
References
- ^ Bath, pp 65, 109
- ^ a b Bath, p65
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N6BEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4bUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6313%2C5920205
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18810207/032/0003
- ^ Bath, p109
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- Canadian rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Alberta
- 1858 births
- 1902 deaths
- People educated at Merchiston Castle School
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Scottish rugby union players
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
- West of Scotland District players
- Glasgow District players
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs