William Andrew Walls Explained

William Andrew Walls

Birth Name:

William Andrew Walls

Birth Date:

29 December 1859

Birth Place:

Glasgow, Scotland

Death Place:

Prestwick, Scotland

Ru Position:

Forward

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Glasgow Academicals

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Ru Province1:

Glasgow District

Repteam1:

Scotland

Repyears1:

1882-86

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Office:	President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:	1911
Term End:	1912
Order:	38th

William Andrew Walls (29 December 1859 – 19 February 1936) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 38th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.^[1]

Provincial career

He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872.^[2]

He also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 3 December 1881 match.^[1] This was Glasgow District's first win over Edinburgh District in the inter-city matches.

International career

Walls represented Scotland in the 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches and in the 1883 Home Nations Championship and subsequent Home Nations Championship till 1886.^[3]

Administrative career

He became the 38th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1911 to 1912.^[4] ^[5]

Notes and References

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Web site: Google News Archive Search . 13 March 2016 .
Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Andrew Walls - Test matches . En.espn.co.uk . 2008-10-01 . 2016-04-01.
Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 . Scottish Rugby.
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