Alec Cameron (rugby union)

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Alec Cameron
Birth nameAlexander William Cumming Cameron
Date of birth(1866-03-03)3 March 1866
Place of birth Oban, Scotland
Date of death14 March 1957(1957-03-14) (aged 91)
Place of death Swansea, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1886 Edinburgh District ()
1887 East of Scotland District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1887-94 Scotland 3 (0)

Alec Cameron (3 March 1866 – 14 March 1957) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Cameron played rugby union for Watsonians. [2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 4 December 1886. [3]

He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 19 January 1887. [4]

International career

Cameron was capped 3 times by Scotland, from 1887 to 1894. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alexander William Cumming Cameron".
  2. ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  3. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ↑ "BNA: 0000687/18870131/144/0007".
  5. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alec Cameron - Test matches". ESPN scrum.


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