David Cassels
Birth nameDavid Young Cassels
Date of birth(1859-03-04)4 March 1859
Place of birthShettleston, Scotland
Date of death25 January 1923(1923-01-25) (aged 63)
Place of deathGlasgow, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- West of Scotland ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1879-81
1880-81
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1880-83 Scotland 7 (0)
35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1908–1909
Preceded byAndrew Flett
Succeeded byAlexander Blair

David Cassels (4 March 1859 – 25 January 1923) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was the 35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Cassels played rugby union for West of Scotland.[1]

Provincial career

Cassels played for Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1879[2] and 1880.[3] He captained the side in 1881.[4]

He was capped by West District in January 1880.[5] In February 1881, he was capped by West of Scotland District for their match against East of Scotland District.[6]

International career

Cassels had 7 caps for Scotland between 1880 and 1883.[7]

Administrative career

Cassels became the 35th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1908 to 1909.[8]

References

  1. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  2. The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
  3. The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
  4. The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002731/18800202/026/0003. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18810212/120/0039. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Cassels - Test matches
  8. "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.


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