Rugby player
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Cairns (1878–1968) was a Scotland international rugby union player
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Cairns played for Watsonians. He was nicknamed Fatty.
Provincial career
He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1902 playing in the Inter-City match against Glasgow District.
International career
He was capped 12 times for the Scotland international side, from 1903 to 1906.
References
- "Alexander Gordon Cairns". ESPN scrum.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Fatty Cairns - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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