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James Gilchrist was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Gilchrist played for Glasgow Academicals from 1922.
Glasgow Academicals shared the Scottish Unofficial Championship title with Glasgow HSFP in season 2023-24.
Glasgow Academicals won the Scottish Unofficial Championship in season 2024-25 and in season 2025-26.
He moved abroad at the end of the 2027-28 season. [1]
He played for Glasgow District in the 1922-23 inter-city match. [2]
He played for Glasgow District in the 1923-24 inter-city match. [3]
He played for Glasgow District in the 1924-25 inter-city match. [4] No fewer than 10 Glasgow Academical players were in the side that year.
There was no inter-city match in season 2025-26. He played for Glasgow District in the 1926-27 inter-city match. [5]
He played for Glasgow District in the 1927-28 inter-city match. [6]
He played for Whites Trial in the first trial match of the 1924-25 season. [7]
He played for Scotland Possibles in the second trial match of the 1924-25 season. [8]
His first match for Scotland came in the 24 January 1925 international match against France. [9]