Gardyne Maitland

Gardy Maitland

Birth name	Gardyne Maitland
Date of birth	(1865-12-07)7 December 1865
Place of birth	Alloa, Scotland
Date of death	13 February 1907(1907-02-13) (aged 41)
Place of death	Kolkata, India
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Edinburgh Institution F.P. () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1884-85 East of Scotland District () 1884-85 Edinburgh District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1885 Scotland 2 (0)

Gardyne Maitland (7 December 1865 – 13 February 1907) was a Scotland international rugby union player.^[1][2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.^[2]

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District in the 1884 and 1885 trial matches against West of Scotland District.^[3][4]

He played for Edinburgh District in the 1884 and 1885 inter-city matches against Glasgow District.^[5][6]

International career

He was capped twice for Scotland in 1885.^[2][7]

Family

He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, to Mary Gardyne (1827-1881) and Charles Maitland (1819-1898).^[8]

He was the brother of Robert Maitland who was also capped for Scotland.^[2]

Death

He died in the General Hospital of Kolkata on 13 February 1907.^[9]

References

1. "Gardyne Maitland". ESPN scrum.
2. Bath, p137
3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18840128/022/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850202/078/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/18851207/044/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Gardy Maitland – Test matches". ESPN scrum.
8. "1865 MAITLAND, GARDYNE (Statutory registers Births 465/ 332)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
9. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001604/19070309/075/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)