William Andrew Walls
| Birth name | William Andrew Walls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 December 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | February 19, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Prestwick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Andrew Walls (29 December 1859 - 19 February 1936) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches and in the 1883 Home Nations Championship and subsequent Home Nations Championship till 1886.[1]
He played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872.[3]
He also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 3 December 1881 match.[2] This was Glasgow's District's first win over Edinburgh District in the inter-city matches.
References
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Andrew Walls - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ a b [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved March 13, 2016.[dead link]