Robert Maitland (rugby union)

Robert Maitland was a Scotland international rugby union player.^[1][2]

Robert Maitland

Birth name	Robert James Peebles Maitland
Date of birth	(1862-01-07)7 January 1862
Place of birth	Alloa, Scotland
Date of death	1918 (aged 55–56)
Place of death	Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Edinburgh Institution F.P. () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1881 East of Scotland District () 1881 Edinburgh District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1881-85 Scotland 5 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He also played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.^[1][3]

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.^[4]

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 3 December 1881.^[5]

International career

He was capped five times for Scotland between 1881 and 1885.^[1][6]

Family

He was born to Charles Maitland (1819-1898) and Mary Small Gardyne Maitland (1827-1881). Charles and Mary had 9 children; 6 boys and 3 girls. One of the boys, Robert's brother, was Gardyne Maitland who was also capped for Scotland.^[1]

Robert emigrated to the United States in 1892.