Malcolm Cross was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]
| Born | Malcolm Cross 15 June 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 20 December 1919 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1884–1885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gussie Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Nat Brewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editHe played for Merchistonians.[1]
Provincial career
editCross 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
editFamily
editHe 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- 1 2 3 4 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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