| Birth name | Alexander Gordon Cairns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 April 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 8 April 1968 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Cairns (1878–1968) was a Scotland international rugby union player[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Cairns played for Watsonians. He was nicknamed Fatty.
Provincial career
He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1902 playing in the Inter-City match against Glasgow District.[2]
International career
He was capped 12 times for the Scotland international side, from 1903 to 1906.[3]
References
- ↑ "Alexander Gordon Cairns". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Fatty Cairns - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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