Gardyne Maitland

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Gardy Maitland
Birth nameGardyne Maitland
Date of birth(1865-12-07)7 December 1865
Place of birth Alloa, Scotland
Date of death13 February 1907(1907-02-13) (aged 41)
Place of death Kolkata, India
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Edinburgh Institution F.P. ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1884-85 East of Scotland District ()
1884-85 Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1885 Scotland 2 (0)

Gardyne Maitland (7 December 1865 – 13 February 1907) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] [2]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P. [2]

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District in the 1884 and 1885 trial matches against West of Scotland District. [3] [4]

He played for Edinburgh District in the 1884 and 1885 inter-city matches against Glasgow District. [5] [6]

International career

He was capped twice for Scotland in 1885. [2] [7]

Family

He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, to Mary Gardyne (1827-1881) and Charles Maitland (1819-1898). [8]

He was the brother of Robert Maitland who was also capped for Scotland. [2]

Death

He died in the General Hospital of Kolkata on 13 February 1907. [9]

References

  1. "Gardyne Maitland". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p137
  3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18840128/022/0003 via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850202/078/0004 via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/18851207/044/0004 via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Gardy Maitland – Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  8. "1865 MAITLAND, GARDYNE (Statutory registers Births 465/ 332)" . Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  9. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001604/19070309/075/0002 via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)