Alec_Robertson_(rugby_union)

Alec Robertson (rugby union)

Alec Robertson (rugby union)

Scotland international rugby union player

Alec Robertson (11 December 1877 – 28 October 1941) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians in 1896.[2]

Robertson played rugby union for Edinburgh Academicals in 1897.[3]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District in 1896.[2]

International career

Robertson was capped once by Scotland, in 1897.[4]

Outside of rugby union

He was one of the landed gentry with the family name of Robertson-Durham. He was a chartered accountant and Justice of the Peace.[5]

He died in 1941 and is buried in the graveyard of Dirleton Kirk.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Alexander Weir Robertson". ESPN scrum.
  2. [2]
    "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. [3]
    Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  4. [4]
    "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alec Robertson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  5. [5]
    Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland". Dalcassian Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  6. [6]
    "Alexander Weir Robertson-Durham (1877-1941) -..." www.findagrave.com.


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