Andrew Little (rugby)

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Andrew Little
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Walter Little[1]
Born8 December 1880[2]
Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died1 May 1960 (aged 79)[3]
Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Playing information
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[4]
Weight186 lb (84 kg)[4]
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1903–05 Hawick RFC 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1905 Scotland 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1905 Wigan 22 0 0 0 0
As of 26 May 2021

Andrew Walter Little (8 December 1880 – 1 May 1960) was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer.[5]

Biography[edit]

Little was born in Wilton (Hawick), Roxburghshire, to William Little, a shoemaker, and Markie Smith Little.[2] He worked in the hosiery industry. He died of bladder cancer, aged 79.[3]

Rugby union[edit]

Little began his career as captain for Hawick Teviot Union. He was capped once for Scotland in 1905.[5] He played for Hawick RFC.[5][6] He was vice-captain and [1]

Rugby league[edit]

Little transferred to Wigan in 1905–6.[5]

County Cup Final appearances[edit]

Jack Barton[who?] played Prop, i.e. number 3 (in a 15-player team), in Wigan's 0–0 draw with Leigh in the 1905 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, on Saturday 2 December 1905,[7] but was replaced by Peter Vickers[1] in the 8–0 victory over Leigh in the 1905 Lancashire County Cup Final replay during the 1905–06 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, on Monday 11 December 1905.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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 ...
  2. ^ a b "1880 LITTLE, ANDREW WALTER (Statutory registers Births 810/ 197)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  3. ^ a b "1960 LITTLE, ANDREW WALTER (Statutory registers Deaths 789/ 76)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  4. ^ a b "Rugby Internationalist Crosses the Border". Dundee Courier. 8 July 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Bath, p. 87
  6. ^ "Border News in Brief". Southern Reporter. 13 July 1905. p. 1. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. ^ 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.
  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)