David Cassels Explained
| David Cassels |
| Birth Name: | David Young Cassels |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Shettleston, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Ru Position: | Forward |
| Amatyears1: | - |
| Amatteam1: | West of Scotland |
| Province1: | Glasgow District |
| Province2: | West of Scotland District |
| Provinceyears1: | 1879-81 |
| Provinceyears2: | 1880-81 |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1880-83 |
| Repcaps1: | 7 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Refereeyears1: | 1902 |
| Module2: | | Embed: | yes | | Office: | President of the Scottish Rugby Union | | Term Start: | 1908 | | Term End: | 1909 | | Order: | 35th |
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David Cassels (4 March 1859 – 25 January 1923) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was the 35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Cassels played rugby union for West of Scotland.[1]
Provincial career
Cassels played for Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1879[2] and 1880.[3] He captained the side in 1881.[4]
He was capped by West District in January 1880.[5] In February 1881, he was capped by West of Scotland District for their match against East of Scotland District.[6]
International career
Cassels had 7 caps for Scotland between 1880 and 1883.[7]
Administrative career
Cassels became the 35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1908 to 1909.[8]
Notes and References
- Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i-tEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E7cMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6278%2C5379192 The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N6BEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4bUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6313%2C5920205 The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6WREAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D7IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2621%2C4814112 The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
- Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002731/18800202/026/0003 .
- Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18810212/120/0039 .
- http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/519.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Cassels - Test matches
- Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 . . 26 March 2020 . 16 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf . dead .
