William Andrew Walls

William Andrew Walls

Birth name	William Andrew Walls
Date of birth	(1859-12-29)29 December 1859
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	19 February 1936(1936-02-19) (aged 76)
Place of death	Prestwick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Glasgow Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - Glasgow District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1882-86 Scotland 10 (0)
38th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office 1911–1912
Preceded by	Charles Fleming
Succeeded by	John Dallas

William Andrew Walls (29 December 1859 – 19 February 1936) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 38th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.^[1]

Provincial career

He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872.^[2]

He also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 3 December 1881 match.^[1] This was Glasgow District's first win over Edinburgh District in the inter-city matches.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Walls represented Scotland in the 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches and in the 1883 Home Nations Championship and subsequent Home Nations Championship till 1886.^[3]

Administrative career

He became the 38th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1911 to 1912.^[4][5]

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
2. "Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 13 March 2016.^{[dead link‍]}
3. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Andrew Walls - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
4. "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
5. "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.