Alexander Wood (rugby union)

Alexander Wood

Birth name	Alexander Thomson Wood
Date of birth	(1848-04-30)30 April 1848
Place of birth	Kirktown of Fetteresso, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date of death	26 October 1905(1905-10-26) (aged 57)
Place of death	Stonehaven, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Royal HSFP () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1873-75 Edinburgh District 3 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1873-75 Scotland 3 (0)

Alexander Wood (30 April 1848 – 26 October 1905) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland from 1873 to 1875.^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Wood played for Royal HSFP.^[2]

Provincial career

Wood represented Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the world's second provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 15 February 1873.^[3]

Wood next played for the District on 5 December 1874 and 20 February 1875.^[4][5]

International career

Wood's international debut was the home match against England on 3 March 1873 at Glasgow.^[6]

Wood played again for Scotland, against England, in the following year's fixture at The Oval on 23 February 1874.^[7]

Wood's last match for Scotland, again against England, was the fixture at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on 8 March 1875.^[8]

References

1. "Alexander Thomson Wood". ESPN scrum.
2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
3. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
6. "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
7. "England v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
8. "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.