David Kidston
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Birth name | David Whitelaw Kidston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 2 October 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Blythswood, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 June 1909 | (aged 49)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
David Kidston (2 October 1859 – 27 June 1909) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a full back.[1]
He played for Glasgow Academicals, one of the top teams in Scotland at the time.
He was called up for the Glasgow District side for the 1881 provincial match, the 'inter-city' against Edinburgh District on 3 December 1881.[2]
He was called up to the Scotland squad and played Wales at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on 8 January 1883.[3] He was later called up for the England match that same season on 3 March 1883.[4]
References
- ^ "David Kidston - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "ESPN". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "ESPN". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from February 2018
- Use British English from February 2018
- 1859 births
- 1909 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Glasgow
- History of rugby union in Scotland
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- All stub articles
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs