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Scotland international rugby union player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Petrie (14 February 1853 – 4 February 1909) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland from 1873 to 1880.[1]
Birth name | Alexander Gordon Petrie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 February 1853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 February 1909 55) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1881–1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | David Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | William Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Petrie played as a forward for Royal HSFP.[2]
Petrie represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872.[3]
Petrie also represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 5 December 1874 match.[4]
Petrie's international debut was the home match on 3 March 1873 at Glasgow.[5] He turned out for Scotland a total of 11 times, his last match on 28 February 1880.[6]
After playing, Petrie took up refereeing rugby union matches.[1] He refereed an international in 1882. He also became President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[7]
Petrie was noted in other sports:- weightlifting, rowing and the hammer throw.[7]
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