Robert Maitland (rugby union) explained

Robert Maitland
Birth Date:7 January 1862
Birth Place:Alloa, Scotland
Death Place:Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Ru Position:Forward
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:Edinburgh Institution F.P.
Ru Provinceyears:1881
1881
Ru Province:East of Scotland District
Edinburgh District
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalyears:1881-85
Ru Nationalcaps:5
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

Robert Maitland was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] [2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He also played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[1] [3]

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.[4]

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 3 December 1881.[5]

International career

He was capped five times for between 1881 and 1885.[1] [6]

Family

He was born to Charles Maitland (1819-1898) and Mary Small Gardyne Maitland (1827-1881). Charles and Mary had 9 children; 6 boys and 3 girls. One of the boys, Robert's brother, was Gardyne Maitland who was also capped for Scotland.[1]

Robert emigrated to the United States in 1892.

References

Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007)

Notes and References

  1. Bath, p137
  2. Web site: Robert James Peebles Maitland. ESPN scrum.
  3. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  4. Web site: Register . March 16, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  6. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Maitland - Test matches. ESPN scrum.