William St. Clair Grant Snr. (20 July 1853 – 17 February 1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
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| Died | 17 February 1896 (aged 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editGrant played for Craigmount RFC.[2]
Provincial career
editGrant represented Edinburgh District. He played in the world's first two representative provincial matches in the 1872–73 season.
International career
editFamily
editHis son William St Clair Grant was a cricketer.
References
edit- ↑ "William St Clair Grant". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ Bath, p104
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Grant - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)