James Campbell (rugby union)
James Alexander Campbell (1 July 1858 – 19 June 1902) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | James Alexander Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 July 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lake Athabasca, British North America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 June 1902 (aged 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Merchiston Castle School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 and 1881,[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
- Bath, p65
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Bath, p109
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)