William Andrew Walls

William Andrew Walls
Birth name	William Andrew Walls
Date of birth	29 December 1859
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	19 February 1936 (aged 76)
Place of death	Prestwick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
-	Glasgow Academicals
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
-	Glasgow District
International career
Years	Team
1882-86	Scotland
38th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
	In office; 1911–1912
Preceded by	Charles Fleming
Succeeded by	John Dallas

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.^{[citation needed]}

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 13 March 2016.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Andrew Walls - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[google2621-1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 13 March 2016.^{[dead link‍]}

[3] "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Andrew Walls - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

[4] "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.

[5] "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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