Malcolm Cross
| Birth name | Malcolm Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 June 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 December 1919 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1884–1885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gussie Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Nat Brewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Cross was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Merchistonians.[1]
Provincial career
[edit]Cross was capped by Glasgow District to play against Edinburgh District in the inter-city match.
He was selected and played in the Blues Trial side of 1878.[3]
He played for West of Scotland District in March 1879.
International career
[edit]He was capped nine times for Scotland between 1875 and 1880.[1][4]
Family
[edit]He was the brother of William Cross who was also capped for Scotland, and who scored the first ever conversion in international rugby.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bath, p136
- ^ "Malcolm Cross".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 27 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Malcolm Cross – Test matches".
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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