James Campbell (rugby union)

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James Campbell
Birth nameJames Alexander Campbell
Date of birth(1858-07-01)1 July 1858
Place of birth Lake Athabasca, British North America
Date of death19 June 1902(1902-06-19) (aged 43)
Place of death Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
School Merchiston Castle School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half Back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Merchistonians ()
Glasgow Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1880 Glasgow District ()
1881 West of Scotland District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1878-81 Scotland 5 (0)

James Alexander Campbell (1 July 1858 – 19 June 1902) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

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.

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References

  1. Bath, pp 65, 109
  2. 1 2 Bath, p65
  3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Bath, p109
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