Alexander Cairns (rugby union)

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Alexander Cairns
Birth nameAlexander Gordon Cairns
Date of birth(1878-04-26)26 April 1878
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland
Date of death8 April 1968(1968-04-08) (aged 89)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1903-06 Scotland 12 (0)

Alexander Cairns (1878–1968) was a Scotland international rugby union player [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Cairns played for Watsonians. He was nicknamed Fatty.

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1902 playing in the Inter-City match against Glasgow District. [2]

International career

He was capped 12 times for the Scotland international side, from 1903 to 1906. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Alexander Gordon Cairns". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Fatty Cairns - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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