David Cassels
David Cassels (4 March 1859 – 25 January 1923) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was the 35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Birth name | David Young Cassels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 March 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Shettleston, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 25 January 1923 63) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1908–1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Andrew Flett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Alexander Blair |
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Cassels played rugby union for West of Scotland.[1]
Provincial career
Cassels played for Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1879[2] and 1880.[3] He captained the side in 1881.[4]
He was capped by West District in January 1880.[5] In February 1881, he was capped by West of Scotland District for their match against East of Scotland District.[6]
Administrative career
Cassels became the 35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1908 to 1909.[8]
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References
- Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
- The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
- The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
- "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Cassels - Test matches
- https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
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