William Sorley Brown
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Birth name | William Sorley Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 June 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 September 1901 | (aged 41)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Galashiels, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1887–1888 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | James Stewart Carrick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Robert Bruce Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Sorley Brown was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He became the 15th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[2]
Provincial career
Brown was capped by East of Scotland District to play against West of Scotland District at the end of January 1880.[3]
Brown was capped by Edinburgh District to play against Glasgow District in the inter-city match in 1881.[2]
International career
He was capped six times for Scotland between 1880–83.[4]
Administrative career
He was made the 15th President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1887-88.[5]
References
- ^ "William Sorley Brown". En.espn.co.uk.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002731/18800202/026/0003. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Brown - Test matches". ESPNscrum.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
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