| Birth name | Thomas Ainslie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 December 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lasswade, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 March 1926 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 19th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1891–1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gordon Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Morton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Ainslie (1860-1926) was a Scotland international rugby union football player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[1]
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1879[3] and 1880 inter-city.[4]
He 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]
Family
He was the brother of Robert Ainslie who was also capped for Scotland.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bath, p137
- ↑ "Thomas Ainslie".
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tom Ainslie - Test matches".
- ↑ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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