Alexander Aitken (rugby union)

Alexander Aitken
BornAlexander Inglis Aitken
(1869-01-08)8 January 1869
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died7 July 1925(1925-07-07) (aged 56)
Rugby union career
Position Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Institution F.P.
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1888 Edinburgh District
1889 East of Scotland District
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1889 Scotland 1 (0)

Alexander Aitken (8 January 1869 – 7 July 1925) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Aitken played club rugby for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1888 inter-city match.[2]

He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 26 January 1889.[3]

International career

He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1889. He played in the match against Ireland on 16 February.[4]

Family

His father was Alexander Dunn Aitken (1818–1902) and his mother was Elizabeth Smith McClelland (1832–1915). He was one of their ten children.

References

  1. ↑ "Alexander Inglis Aitken". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Alexander Aitken Scotland". ESPN scrum. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021.