Ross Logan
{{short description|Scottish rugby union and cricketer}}
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| birth_name = William Ross Logan
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| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| birth_date = 24 November 1909
| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1993|10|26|1909|11|24}}
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| position = Scrum-half
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| amatteam1 = Edinburgh University RFC
| amatteam2 = Edinburgh Wanderers
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| provinceyears1 = 1931
| provinceyears2 = 1931-38
| province1 = Edinburgh District
| province2 = Scotland Probables
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| repteam1 = Scotland
| repyears1 = 1931-1937
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| school = Merchiston Castle School
| university = University of Edinburgh
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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union
| term_start = 1964
| term_end = 1965
| predecessor = Herbert Waddell
| successor = David Thom
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| order = 78th
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William Ross Logan (24 November 1909 – 26 October 1993){{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25270.html |title=Ross Logan |work=espncricinfo.com |accessdate=8 December 2013}} was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.Bath, p105
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
He attended Merchiston Castle School,Bath, p41 where he captained the school team for three successive seasons. He also played for Edinburgh University RFC, and Edinburgh Wanderers, captaining the latter at one point.
=Provincial career=
He was capped by Edinburgh District for the 1931 inter-city match.{{cite web| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3p9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2056%2C4992743| title = The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search}}
He played for Scotland Probables on 19 December 1931.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19311221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Ross turned out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of the 1937-38 season, on 15 January 1938.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004|title=Register |access-date=30 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
=International career=
He was capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} between 1931 and 1937. He was only capped once in 1931 whilst still a student playing for Edinburgh University, in the game against {{nrut|England}}.
He captained Scotland in the 1937 match between Scotland and {{nrut|Wales}} at Swansea, and like V.I. Rees, the Welsh captain, played for Edinburgh Wanderers. (Scotland won 13–6)
One contemporary description of Logan says "[he] plays a characteristic hard game and is a past master in both defence and attack."
=Administrative career=
He became the 76th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1964 to 1965.{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 |date= |website=Scottish Rugby |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Cricket career
He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.
See also
References
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;Sources
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- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})
- Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 {{ISBN|0-7126-2662-X}})
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Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:People educated at Merchiston Castle School
Category:Edinburgh University RFC players
Category:Edinburgh Wanderers players
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Cricketers from Edinburgh
Category:Rugby union players from Edinburgh
Category:Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
Category:Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
Category:Scotland Probables players
Category:Rugby union scrum-halves
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