Birth name | Arthur Douglas Laing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 April 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 November 1927 | (aged 35)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Laing (25 April 1892 – 24 November 1927) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He went to the Royal High School of Edinburgh. He played rugby union and cricket for the school.
He played for Royal HSFP, and captained the side for a time; he played for the side before and after the Great War.
He played for the Army Rugby Union and competed in the Inter-Services tournament of 1919. [2] [3]
He played for Provinces District in their match against Anglo-Scots on 25 December 1913. [4]
He played for Blues Trial against Whites Trial in their December 1913 match. [5]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1920 inter-city match. [6]
He played for Cities District on 11 December 1920.
He played for Scotland Probables on 10 January 1920 and on 8 January 1921 against Scotland Possibles. [7] [8]
He played for Scotland 7 times in the period 1914 - 1921. [9]
He joined the 4th Royal Scots Guards (Lothian Regiment), firstly as a private, but was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1915; and was acting captain for a time.[ citation needed]
He moved to the South Staffordshire Regiment. He saw service in France; and was wounded in battle at Lens. He was mentioned in despatches.[ citation needed]
Arthur became a brewer, along with his brother Herbert.
His father Hector Laing (1862-1927) was a fish merchant. His mother was Agnes Yule.[ citation needed]
They had 3 sons: Hector Stanley Laing (1890-1955), Herbert Laing, and Arthur.[ citation needed]
Arthur Laing married Mary Cameron Stark (1891-1970) on 28 May 1918 at the Court House in Edinburgh.[ citation needed]
After his playing career ended he became a fan of the Royal HSFP side. A week before he died he watched his side play Kelvinside Academicals. The Scotsman newspaper of 26 November 1927 concluding: "It was there he probably got the chill that developed early in the week into pneumonia." [10]
He died in a nursing home in Edinburgh. [11]
Birth name | Arthur Douglas Laing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 April 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 November 1927 | (aged 35)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Laing (25 April 1892 – 24 November 1927) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He went to the Royal High School of Edinburgh. He played rugby union and cricket for the school.
He played for Royal HSFP, and captained the side for a time; he played for the side before and after the Great War.
He played for the Army Rugby Union and competed in the Inter-Services tournament of 1919. [2] [3]
He played for Provinces District in their match against Anglo-Scots on 25 December 1913. [4]
He played for Blues Trial against Whites Trial in their December 1913 match. [5]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1920 inter-city match. [6]
He played for Cities District on 11 December 1920.
He played for Scotland Probables on 10 January 1920 and on 8 January 1921 against Scotland Possibles. [7] [8]
He played for Scotland 7 times in the period 1914 - 1921. [9]
He joined the 4th Royal Scots Guards (Lothian Regiment), firstly as a private, but was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1915; and was acting captain for a time.[ citation needed]
He moved to the South Staffordshire Regiment. He saw service in France; and was wounded in battle at Lens. He was mentioned in despatches.[ citation needed]
Arthur became a brewer, along with his brother Herbert.
His father Hector Laing (1862-1927) was a fish merchant. His mother was Agnes Yule.[ citation needed]
They had 3 sons: Hector Stanley Laing (1890-1955), Herbert Laing, and Arthur.[ citation needed]
Arthur Laing married Mary Cameron Stark (1891-1970) on 28 May 1918 at the Court House in Edinburgh.[ citation needed]
After his playing career ended he became a fan of the Royal HSFP side. A week before he died he watched his side play Kelvinside Academicals. The Scotsman newspaper of 26 November 1927 concluding: "It was there he probably got the chill that developed early in the week into pneumonia." [10]
He died in a nursing home in Edinburgh. [11]