Thomas_Ainslie_(rugby_union)
Thomas Ainslie (rugby union)
Scotland international rugby union player (1860–1926)
Thomas Ainslie (18 December 1860 – 16 March 1926) was a Scotland international rugby union football player.[1][2]
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| Birth name | Thomas Ainslie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1860-12-18)18 December 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lasswade, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 March 1926(1926-03-16) (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1891–1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gordon Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Morton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Ainslie played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[1]
Provincial career
Ainslie played for Edinburgh District in the 1879[3] and 1880 inter-city.[4]
Ainslie played for East of Scotland District in the March 1879[5] and January 1880 match.[6]
International career
He was capped 12 times for Scotland between 1881 and 1885.[1][7]
Administrative career
Ainslie became the 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1891–92 term in office.[8]
He was the brother of Robert Ainslie who was also capped for Scotland.[1]
- Bath, p137
- "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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