A.G.G. Asher

A.G.G. Asher
Date of birth 18 December 1861
Place of birth  India
Date of death June 15, 1930(1930-06-15) (aged 68)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Half-back
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Oxford
Fettesian-Lorettonian Club
Murrayfield Wanderers RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1882-1886  Scotland 4

Sir Augustus Gordon Grant Asher CBE (18 December 1861 in India – 15 June 1930)[1] was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player.[2]

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Biography

Grant Asher was born in India in 1861.[1]

Grant Asher went to Loretto School, and attended Oxford University after that.[1]

In later life he was a Writer to the signet.[1]

He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union from 1929–30.[1]

Rugby career

One of the earliest Scottish players, he was capped four times for Scotland between 1882 and 1886.[2] He also played for Oxford University RFC,[2] as well as the Fettesian-Lorettonian Club, and Edinburgh Wanderers.[1] He played at half back.[1]

R.J. Phillips, the first historian of Scottish rugby said:

"no one has arisen to bear comparison with A.R. Don Wauchope at quarter or half back, where he and A.G.G. Asher still hold claim as the greatest pair to have played together for their country."[3]

Other sport

He also played for the Scotland national cricket team,[1][2] and was also Scotland's pole vault champion.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Godwin, p30
  2. ^ a b c d Bath, p104
  3. ^ Massie, p10