Alex Rainnie Explained

Alex Rainnie
Fullname:Alexander Rainnie
Birth Date:22 June 1891
Birth Place:Seafield, Banffshire, Scotland
Death Date:1965 (aged 73)
Death Place:County Durham, England
Height:[1]
Position:Wing half
Years3:1919–1920
Caps3:1
Goals3:0
Years4:1920–1922
Clubs4:Darlington
Caps4:8
Goals4:0
Years5:1923–1924
Clubs5:Ashington
Caps5:1
Goals5:0

Alexander Rainnie (22 June 1891 – 1965) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Newcastle United, Darlington and Ashington. He also played non-league football for Hebburn Argyle and South Shields.[2]

Football career

Rainnie played football as a wing half for North Eastern League clubs Hebburn Argyle before the First World War[3] and for South Shields after it.[4] Described as a "resourceful right half", he signed for Football League club Newcastle United ahead of the 1919–20 season,[5] but played mainly for their reserve team in the North Eastern League. He appeared only once for the first team, in a 4–0 defeat at Everton on 24 January 1920 in the First Division, and moved back to the North Eastern League with Darlington for 1920–21.[4]

He helped Darlington win the North Eastern League title, which contributed to their election to the newly formed Northern Section of the Football League Third Division. He made eight appearances in the League, without scoring, and played for them until at least 1922.[6] He made one appearance for Ashington in the 1923–24 Football League season.[2]

Personal life

Rainnie was born in Seafield, Banffshire, in Scotland, the son of William Thompson Rainnie, a shipwright, and his wife, Isabella née Legg.[7] [8] He was raised in England, in Hebburn, County Durham, where he attended Hebburn Quay School.[9] He was apprenticed as a shipwright,[8] and served in that trade in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War;[10] in 1915 he was serving on .[9]

Rainnie married Isabella Prentice in South Shields in 1924.[11] The couple are listed on the 1939 Register as living in Hebburn; Rainnie was working as a safety inspector and serving as an ARP Warden.[12] He died in County Durham in 1965 at the age of 73.[13]

Notes and References

  1. News: Third Division. Northern Section. Darlington . Athletic News . Manchester . 15 August 1921 . 6.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData . Nottingham . 215 . 2004 . 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. News: Tynemouth Infirmary Senior Cup. Final . Newcastle Daily Journal . 28 April 1914 . 9 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: Player details: Alex Rainnie . Toon1892 . Kenneth H Scott . 23 October 2014.
  5. News: Local football. North Eastern League . Morpeth Herald . 5 September 1919 . 3 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  6. News: Association . Daily Mail . Hull . 7 January 1922 . 17 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Web site: 1891 Rainnie Alexander (Statutory registers Births 167/ 43) . ScotlandsPeople . National Records of Scotland . 10 June 2018 . subscription .
  8. Web site: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 9 Church St Hebburn, Hebburn, Durham, England . subscription . Findmypast . Alexander Rainnie. Age: 19. Birth place: Seafield Banffshire. Census reference: RG14PN30382 RG78PN1746 RD556 SD2 ED34 SN159 . 23 October 2014.
  9. News: Jarrow Express and Tyneside Advertiser . Hebburn Quay School . 30 July 1915., reproduced at Web site: Memorial Details: ROH Served 1915 Hebburn Quay School . North East War Memorials Project . 23 October 2014.
  10. Web site: RNVR Other Ranks – Medal Rolls 1914–1920 Transcription . subscription . Findmypast . Alexander Rainnie. Rank or rating: Shipwright 3rd Class. Service number: Tyneside 4/111 . 23 October 2014.
  11. Web site: England & Wales marriages 1837–2008 Transcription . subscription . Findmypast . Alexander Rainnie. District: South Shields. County: Durham. Volume: 10A. Page: 1651 . 23 October 2014.
  12. Web site: 1939 England and Wales Register for Alexander Durham Hebburn UD FFQV . Ancestry.co.uk . subscription .
  13. Web site: England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription . subscription . Findmypast . Alexander Rainnie. Birth year: 1892. Age: 73. Death quarter: 2. Death year: 1965. District: Durham North Eastern. County: Durham. Volume: 1A. Page: 461 . 23 October 2014.

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