William Cross (rugby union)
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William Cross was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Scotland's First National Rugby Team, 1871, for the 1st international, v England in Edinburgh, Scotland won by 1 goal & 1 try to 1 try
The rugby union match played between Scotland and England on 27 March 1871 was the world's first international rugby match. It is also officially the first international football match in any football
William Cross (rugby union)
…Cross was one of the first international half-backs, along with J.W. Arthur and their English counterparts. Cross represented Scotland in 1871 in the first international match. Of the Scottish score, one of the English players wrote: "after a maul, just outside the English goal-line the umpires ordered the ball to be put down…
Raeburn Place fields (photographed in 2013), where the first international was played
Scene of the match
England 1871 first