Alexander Woodrow
Alexander Woodrow (13 November 1867 – 26 February 1916) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He went to Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. The Athletic News newspaper called the school 'one the finest - if not the finest - football nurseries in Scotland' and that Woodrow's rugby union ability was 'bred and reared' there. Woodrow played rugby union for Glasgow Academicals. Provincial career He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1886. He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 19 January 1887. International career Woodrow was capped 3 times by Scotland, all in 1887. At the end of the 1887–88 season it became known that Woodrow would retire from rugby union. A rumour started - and reported in the Glasgow Evening Post newspaper - that he would instead play association football with Queens Park the following season. Administrative career He became a non-playing member of the West of Scotland and then served on the club committee. His sister Jane Sarah Parsella Woodrow had married the Scotland international and West of Scotland rugby union player John Millar and this