Alexander Cairns (rugby union)

Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player

Alexander Cairns

Birth name| Alexander Gordon Cairns

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Date of birth| (1878-04-26)26 April 1878
Place of birth| Hamilton, Scotland
Date of death| 8 April 1968(1968-04-08) (aged 89)
Place of death| Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Forward

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Amateur team(s)
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
-|  Watsonians|  |  ()
Provincial / State sides
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
-|  Edinburgh District|  |  ()
International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1903-06|  Scotland|  12|  (0)

Alexander Cairns (1878–1968) was a Scotland international rugby union player[1]

## Rugby Union career

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### Amateur career

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Cairns played for Watsonians. He was nicknamed Fatty.

### Provincial career

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He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1902 playing in the Inter-City match against Glasgow District.[2]

### International career

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He was capped 12 times for the Scotland international side, from 1903 to 1906.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Alexander Gordon Cairns". ESPN scrum.
2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
3. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Fatty Cairns - Test matches". ESPN scrum.

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