Gordon Mitchell (rugby union) explained

Gordon Mitchell
Birth Name:James Gordon Mitchell
Birth Date:26 May 1865
Birth Place:Hamilton, Scotland
Death Place:Inhambane, Mozambique
Ru Position:Forward
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:West of Scotland
Ru Provinceyears:1883-85
1885-87
Ru Province:Glasgow District
West of Scotland District
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalyears:1885
Ru Nationalcaps:3
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
School:Craigmount School
Module2:
Embed:yes
Office:President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:1890
Term End:1891
Order:18th

Gordon Mitchell (26 May 1865 – 30 July 1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] [2]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Mitchell played for West of Scotland. He went on to captain the club. His time there was noted by the Dundee Evening Telegraph as 'one of the most brilliant in the history of the club'.[3]

Provincial career

Mitchell played for Glasgow District in the inter-city matches of 1883[4] and 1884[5] and 1885.[6]

He was also capped for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District in January 1885[7] and 1886.[8]

He captained the West side in January 1887.[9]

International career

He was capped three times for Scotland in 1885.[10]

The Dundee Evening Telegraph noted that 'Mitchell was a typical Scottish forward in as much as his play was a combination of physical prowess and brain power'.[3]

Administrative career

Mitchell became the 18th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1890–91 term in office.[11]

Death

Mitchell died on his way back from to Scotland from Inhambane, Mozambique.[3] His obituary notes that he was an all-round sportsman with a talent, not only for rugby union, but for both cricket and running. However it goes on to say that he was not interested in either: he did not practise cricket and rarely 'donned his spikes' to run.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Gordon Mitchell. En.espn.co.uk. 1 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Ancestry. Ancestry.co.uk. 1 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. News.google.com. 1 June 2022.
  5. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. News.google.com. 1 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  10. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gordon Mitchell - Test matches. Espnscrum.com. 1 June 2022.
  11. Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 . . 20 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 .