Alex Angus

Alexander William Angus (11 November 1889 – 23 March 1947) was a Scottish international rugby union and cricket player.¹²

He played club rugby for Watsonians.³

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1910 inter-city match. Edinburgh won the match 26–5, with Angus scoring a try.⁴

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Watsonians. He scored a drop goal in a 26–19 win for the Whites.⁵

He was capped eighteen for the Scotland rugby union team between 1909 and 1920.³

Richard Bath mentions him as one of the three Scottish players "who've gone the longest without (between) scoring a try for Scotland" along with Alan Tait and Gary Armstrong.⁶ This is partly because World War I occurred in the middle of his international career, a period in which all international rugby ceased. He was first capped in 1909, scoring two tries in fourteen matches before the Great War.⁶ His next four caps came in 1920, and he scored against Ireland on 28 February 1920 – just over nine years since his previous try.⁶ Scotland won that match 19–0.⁶

He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.³