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Arthur Laing (rugby union)

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Arthur Laing
Birth nameArthur Douglas Laing
Date of birth(1892-04-25)25 April 1892
Date of death24 November 1927(1927-11-24) (aged 35)
Place of deathEdinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1909- Royal HSFP ()
1919 Army Rugby Union ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1921
1913
Edinburgh District
Blues Trial
Provinces District
Cities District
Scotland Probables
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1914-21 Scotland 7 (4)

Arthur Laing (25 April 1892 – 24 November 1927) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He went to the Royal High School of Edinburgh. He played rugby union and cricket for the school.

He played for Royal HSFP, and captained the side for a time; he played for the side before and after the Great War.

He played for the Army Rugby Union and competed in the Inter-Services tournament of 1919.[2][3]

Provincial career

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He played for Provinces District in their match against Anglo-Scots on 25 December 1913.[4]

He played for Blues Trial against Whites Trial in their December 1913 match.[5]

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1920 inter-city match.[6]

He played for Cities District on 11 December 1920.

He played for Scotland Probables on 10 January 1920 and on 8 January 1921 against Scotland Possibles.[7][8]

International career

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He played for Scotland 7 times in the period 1914 - 1921.[9]

Military career

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He joined the 4th Royal Scots Guards (Lothian Regiment), firstly as a private, but was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1915; and was acting captain for a time.[citation needed]

He moved to the South Staffordshire Regiment. He saw service in France; and was wounded in battle at Lens. He was mentioned in despatches.[citation needed]

Business career

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Arthur became a brewer, along with his brother Herbert.

Family

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His father Hector Laing (1862-1927) was a fish merchant. His mother was Agnes Yule.[citation needed]

They had 3 sons: Hector Stanley Laing (1890-1955), Herbert Laing, and Arthur.[citation needed]

Arthur Laing married Mary Cameron Stark (1891-1970) on 28 May 1918 at the Court House in Edinburgh.[citation needed]

Death

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After his playing career ended he became a fan of the Royal HSFP side. A week before he died he watched his side play Kelvinside Academicals. The Scotsman newspaper of 26 November 1927 concluding: "It was there he probably got the chill that developed early in the week into pneumonia."[10]

He died in a nursing home in Edinburgh.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Arthur Douglas Laing". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Podger Laing - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  10. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.