Alexander Clay (rugby union)
| Birth name | Alexander Thomson Clay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 September 1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kelso, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 November 1950 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Clay (27 September 1863 – 9 November 1950) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Clay played rugby union for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for the East of Scotland District in January 1887[3]
He was capped by Edinburgh District to play in the inter-city match of 1887[4]
International career[edit]
He played 7 matches for Scotland from 1886 to 1888.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Alexander Thomson Clay". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alexander Clay - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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