Alexander Aitken | |
Birth Name: | Alexander Inglis Aitken |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1869 |
Death Place: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Ru Position: | Forward |
Amatyears1: | - |
Amatteam1: | Edinburgh Institution F.P. |
Provinceyears1: | 1888 |
Provinceyears2: | 1889 |
Province1: | Edinburgh District |
Province2: | East of Scotland District |
Repteam1: | Scotland |
Repyears1: | 1889 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Alexander Aitken (8 January 1869 – 7 July 1925) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Aitken played club rugby for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[2]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1888 inter-city match.[2]
He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 26 January 1889.[3]
He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1889. He played in the match against Ireland on 16 February.[4]
His father was Alexander Dunn Aitken (1818–1902) and his mother was Elizabeth Smith McClelland (1832-1915). He was one of their ten children.