Robert Maitland (rugby union)

Robert Maitland was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]

Robert Maitland
Birth nameRobert James Peebles Maitland
Date of birth(1862-01-07)7 January 1862
Place of birthAlloa, Scotland
Date of death1918 (aged 55–56)
Place of deathClifton, New Jersey, United States
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Institution F.P. ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1881
1881
East of Scotland District
Edinburgh District
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1881-85 Scotland 5 (0)

Rugby Union career edit

Amateur career edit

He also played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[1][3]

Provincial career edit

He played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.[4]

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 3 December 1881.[5]

International career edit

He was capped five times for Scotland between 1881 and 1885.[1][6]

Family edit

He was born to Charles Maitland (1819-1898) and Mary Small Gardyne Maitland (1827-1881). Charles and Mary had 9 children; 6 boys and 3 girls. One of the boys, Robert's brother, was Gardyne Maitland who was also capped for Scotland.[1]

Robert emigrated to the United States in 1892.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Bath, p137
  2. ^ "Robert James Peebles Maitland". ESPN scrum.
  3. ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Maitland - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)