James MacKenzie (rugby union)

For other uses, see James Mackenzie.

James Moir MacKenzie (17 October 1886 – 22 January 1963) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was the 62nd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.^[1]

Moir Mackenzie

Birth name	James Moir Mackenzie
Date of birth	(1886-10-17)17 October 1886
Place of birth	Sunderland, England
Date of death	22 January 1963(1963-01-22) (aged 76)
Place of death	Chichester, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Edinburgh University () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1906 1911 Edinburgh District Blues Trial () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1905-11 Scotland 9 (0)
62nd President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office 1948–1949
Preceded by	Robert Scott
Succeeded by	Hamish Shaw

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh University.^[2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in the inter-city match of 1906.^[3]

He played for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side on 21 January 1911 while still with Edinburgh University.^[4]

International career

He was capped nine times for Scotland between 1905 and 1911.^[5]

Administrative career

He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1948 to 1949.^[6]

References

1. "James Moir Mackenzie".
2. The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
4. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – James Mackenzie – Test matches".
6. "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). 16 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2020.