Thomas Ainslie (rugby union)
Birth name | Thomas Ainslie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 December 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lasswade, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 March 1926 | (aged 65)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1891–1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Gordon Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | David Morton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Ainslie (18 December 1860 – 16 March 1926) was a Scotland international rugby union football player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Ainslie played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[1]
Provincial career[edit]
Ainslie played for Edinburgh District in the 1879[3] and 1880 inter-city.[4]
Ainslie played for East of Scotland District in the March 1879[5] and January 1880 match.[6]
International career[edit]
He was capped 12 times for Scotland between 1881 and 1885.[1][7]
Administrative career[edit]
Ainslie became the 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1891–92 term in office.[8]
Family[edit]
He was the brother of Robert Ainslie who was also capped for Scotland.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Bath, p137
- ^ "Thomas Ainslie".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tom Ainslie - Test matches".
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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