Andrew Little (rugby)
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| Full name | Andrew Walter Little[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1880[2] Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 May 1960 (aged 79)[2] Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 186 lb (84 kg)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Walter Little (8 December 1880 – 1 May 1960) was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer.[4]
Biography
Little was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire. He died in May 1960, aged 79.
Rugby union
Little began his career as captain for Hawick Teviot Union. He was capped once for Scotland in 1905.[4] He played for Hawick RFC.[4][5] He was vice-captain and [1]
Rugby league
Little transferred to Wigan in 1905–6.[4]
County Cup Final appearances
Little played in Wigan's 0–0 draw with Leigh in the 1905 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, on Saturday 2 December 1905,[6] but was replaced by Peter Vickers in the 8–0 victory over Leigh in the 1905 Lancashire Cup Final replay during the 1905–06 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, on Monday 11 December 1905.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b "Hawick's New Football Captain". Edinburgh Evening News. 30 August 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
...Andrew Walter Little, who has just been elected captain of the first fifteen of Hawick (Rugby) Football Club ...
- ^ a b "Ned Little". ESPN. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Rugby Internationalist Crosses the Border". Dundee Courier. 8 July 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d Bath, p. 87
- ^ "Border News in Brief". Southern Reporter. 13 July 1905. p. 1. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ a b "1905–1906 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)