William St Clair Grant (rugby union) explained

William St. Clair Grant
Birth Name:	William St. Clair Grant
Birth Date:	20 July 1853
Birth Place:	Bengal, India
Death Place:	Bengal, India
Ru Position:	Half back
Ru Amateuryears:	-
Ru Amateurclubs:	Craigmount
Ru Province:	Edinburgh District
Ru Provinceyears:	1872-73
Ru Nationalyears:	1873-74
Ru Nationalcaps:	2
Ru Nationalpoints:	(0)

William St. Clair Grant Snr. (20 July 1853 – 17 February 1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Grant played for Craigmount RFC.^[2]

Provincial career

Grant represented Edinburgh District. He played in the world's first two representative provincial matches in the 1872–73 season.

International career

Grant represented the Scotland international rugby union team twice.^[3]

Family

His son William St Clair Grant was a cricketer.

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;)

Notes and References

1. Web site: William St Clair Grant. ESPN scrum.
2. Bath, p104
3. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Grant - Test matches. ESPN scrum.