Alex Angus
Alexander "Alex" William Angus (11 November 1889 – 23 March 1947) was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.[1][2]
| Birth name | Alexander William Angus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 November 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 March 1947 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was capped eighteen for the Scotland rugby union team between 1909 and 1920.[3] He played club rugby for Watsonians.[3]
Richard Bath mentions him as one of the three Scottish players "who've gone the longest without (between) scoring a try for Scotland" along with Alan Tait and Gary Armstrong.[4] This is partly because World War I occurred in the middle of his international career, a period in which all international rugby ceased. He was first capped in 1909, scoring two tries in fourteen matches before the Great War.[4] His next four caps came in 1920, and he scored against Ireland on 28 February 1920 – just over nine years since his previous try.[4] Scotland won that match 19–0.[4]
He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.[3]
See also
- List of Scottish cricket and rugby union players
- Jock Wemyss and Charlie Usher, other players capped on both sides of the war.
References
- "Alexander Angus: International profile". Scrum.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- "Alexander Angus". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- Bath, p104
- Bath, p64
Bibliography
- 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)