Fletcher Buchanan

Fletcher Buchanan (23 December 1889 – 24 May 1960) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Centre.^[1]

Fletcher Buchanan

Born	Fletcher Gordon Buchanan (1889-12-23)23 December 1889 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	24 May 1960(1960-05-24) (aged 70) Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
University	Oxford University
Rugby union career
Position Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Kelvinside Academicals – Oxford University – Kelvinside Academicals Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1911 Whites Trial International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1910-11 Scotland 3 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Buchanan played for Kelvinside Academicals.^[2]

On studying at Oxford University he then played for Oxford University.^[3]

After studying at Oxford, he returned to Glasgow and played for Kelvinside Academicals once more. He captained the side.

The Scottish Referee, 20 November 1911, said this of Buchanan:^[4]

one of the best three-quarters who played for Oxford last season has improved since he returned to the land of his birth, but it is a fact, and to-day the Kelvinside captain is one of the finest players behind the scrummage we have in Scotland. His displays in recent matches have shattered the opinion that he was only a fair weather sailor. He is more than that; he is a most excellent defensive player, besides being an aggressive artist of the premier type - Buchanan is a great exponent of the carrying game, and we hope this season to find him adorned with that emblem which only falls to the lot of a selected few.

Provincial career

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Oxford University.^[5]

International career

He played for Scotland three times, selected in 1910 and 1911.^[6]