List of Scottish Rugby Union presidents

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List of Scottish Rugby Union presidents is a list of people who have held the position of president of the Scottish Rugby Union and its predecessor the Scottish Football Union. [1]

There is a discrepancy on the current official list over SRU presidents over the World War periods.

Tom Scott was president before and after the First World War. The official list states he was president for the 1914-15 season and 1919-20 season. Other sources have Scott as the president throughout the First World War. [2]

In an omission, Patrick Munro is currently excluded from the official list of presidents altogether. Newspaper reports of the time state he was president. [3] In addition, the Forsyth's Rugby Record state that Munro was president from 1939-1942; and that Harry Smith took over as acting president from 1942. [2]

In this list we have taken Scott to be president throughout the First World War, added Patrick Munro and given Harry Smith the position from 1942, following the clarity of Forsyth's Rugby Record of the time.

Term no.NameDate
1 John Chiene 1873-74
2 Albert Harvey 1874-75
3 Benjamin Blyth II 1875-76
4 William Hamilton Kidston 1876-77
5 John Chiene 1877-78
6 George Raphael Fleming 1878-79
7 Angus Buchanan 1879-80
8 David Watson 1880-81
9 Alexander Petrie 1881-82
10 William Cross 1882-83
11 Gussie Graham 1883-84
12 Malcolm Cross 1884-85
13 Nat Brewis 1885-86
14 James Stewart Carrick 1886-87
15 William Sorley Brown 1887-88
16 Robert Bruce Young 1888-89
17 Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope 1889-90
18 Gordon Mitchell 1890-91
19 Thomas Ainslie 1891-92
20 David Morton 1892-93
21 Leslie Balfour-Melville 1893-94
22 Bill Maclagan 1894-96
23 Graham Findlay 1896-97
24 Robert Rainie 1897-98
25 John Boswell 1898-99
26 Ian MacIntyre 1899-1900
27 Robert MacMillan 1900-01
28 George Neilson 1901-02
29 Roger Davidson 1902-03
30 Robert Greig 1903-04
31 John Simpson 1904-05
32 Willie Neilson 1905-06
33 John Tulloch 1906-07
34 Andrew Flett 1907-08
35 David Cassels 1908-09
36 Alexander Blair 1909-10
37 Charles Fleming 1910-11
38 William Andrew Walls 1911-12
39 John Dallas 1912-13
40 James Greenlees 1913-14
41 Tom Scott 1914–20
42 John Dykes 1920-22
43 Herbert Dixon 1922-23
44 Robert Neilson 1923-24
45 Robert Campbell MacKenzie 1924-25
46 Robin Welsh 1925-26
47 James Aikman Smith 1926-27
48 Macbeth Duncan 1927-28
49 David McCowan 1928-29
50 Augustus Grant-Asher 1929-30
51 Andrew Balfour 1930-31
52 John Sturrock 1931-32
53 Crawford Findlay 1932-33
54 John MacGill 1933-34
55 Mark Coxon Morrison 1934-35
56 William Patrick Scott 1935-36
57 Alfred Lawrie 1936-38
58 William Halliday Welsh 1938-39
59 Patrick Munro 1939-42
60 Harry Smith 1942-47
61 Robert Scott 1947-48
62 James Moir Mackenzie 1948-49
63 Hamish Shaw 1949-50
64 Jimmie Ireland 1950-51
65 Dan Drysdale 1951-52
66 Frank Moffat 1952-53
67 Malcolm Allan 1953-54
68 John Bannerman 1954-55
69 Robert Meldrum 1955-56
70 Max Simmers 1956-57
71 Bob Hogg 1957-58
72 David MacMyn 1958-59
73 Ranald Cuthbertson 1959-60
74 David Kerr 1960-61
75 Robert Ledingham 1961-62
76 Andrew Stewart 1962-63
77 Herbert Waddell 1963-64
78 Ross Logan 1964-65
79 David Thom 1965-66
80 Mark Stewart 1966-67
81 Rae Tod 1967-68
82 Bill Nicholson 1968-69
83 George Crerar 1969-70
84 Robert Wilson Shaw 1970-71
85 Alex Brown 1971-72
86 Alfred Wilson 1972-73
87 Donny Innes 1973-74
88 Charlie Drummond 1974-75
89 John Henry Orr 1975-76
90 Hector Monro 1976-77
91 Frank Coutts 1977-78
92 Lex Govan 1978-79
93 Jimmy Ross 1979-80
94 Cliff Wilton 1980-81
95 Fraser MacAllister 1981-82
96 George Thomson 1982-83
97 Adam Robson 1983-84
98 Hamish Kemp 1984-85
99 George Burrell 1985-86
100 Doug Smith 1986-87
101 Bill Connon 1987-88
102 Tom Pearson 1988-89
103 Jimmy McNeil 1989-90
104 Charlie Stewart 1990-91
105 Gordon Masson 1991-92
106 Robin Charters 1992-93
107 Jock Steven 1993-94
108 Ken Smith 1994-95
109 Iain Todd 1995-96
110 Fred McLeod 1996-97
111 Charlie Ritchie 1997-98
112 Derek Brown 1998-99
113 Harvey Wright 1999-2000
114 Ian Laughland 2000-01
115 Robert Young 2001-02
116 Alan Hosie 2002-03
117 Bert Duffy 2003-04
118 Gordon Dixon 2004-05
119 Andy Irvine 2005-07
120 George Jack 2007-08
121 Jim Stevenson 2008-10
122 Ian McLauchlan 2010-12
123 Alan Lawson 2012-13
124 Donald Macleod 2013-14
125 Ian Rankin 2014-15
126 Ed Crozier 2015-16
127 Rob Flockhart 2016-18
128 Dee Bradbury 2018-20
129 Ian Barr 2020–22
130 Colin Rigby 2022–present

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References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby .
  2. 1 2 Forsyth's Rugby Record Season 1948-49. R. W. Forsyth Ltd. Edinburgh and Glasgow
  3. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved March 17, 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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