Ross Logan Explained

Ross Logan
Birth Name:William Ross Logan
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Birth Date:24 November 1909
Death Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh Wanderers
Ru Provinceyears:1931
1938
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalyears:1931-1937
School:Merchiston Castle School
University:University of Edinburgh
Module2:
Embed:yes
Office:President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:1964
Term End:1965
Order:78th

William Ross Logan (24 November 1909  - 26 October 1993)[1] was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.[2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He attended Merchiston Castle School,[3] where he captained the school team for three successive seasons. He also played for Edinburgh University RFC, and Edinburgh Wanderers,[2] captaining the latter at one point.

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District for the 1931 inter-city match.[4]

Ross turned out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of the 1937-38 season, on 15 January 1938.[5]

International career

He was capped for between 1931 and 1937.[2] He was only capped once in 1931 whilst still a student playing for Edinburgh University, in the game against .

He captained Scotland in the 1937 match between Scotland and at Swansea, and like V.I. Rees, the Welsh captain, played for Edinburgh Wanderers. (Scotland won 13–6)[3]

One contemporary description of Logan says "[he] plays a characteristic hard game and is a past master in both defence and attack."

Administrative career

He became the 76th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1964 to 1965.[6]

Cricket career

He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.[2]

See also

References

Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007)
  2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh;)
  3. Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ross Logan . espncricinfo.com . 8 December 2013.
  2. Bath, p105
  3. Bath, p41
  4. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search.
  5. Web site: Register . 30 August 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 . . 6 April 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 .