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 | ||||||||||
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William Ross Logan (24 November 1909 - 26 October 1993)[1] was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.[2]
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.
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]
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."
He became the 76th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1964 to 1965.[6]
He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.[2]