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{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = John Guthrie Tait
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| birth_name = John Guthrie Tait
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|8|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|10|4|1861|8|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]
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| ru_position = [[Rugby union positions#Forwards|Forward]]
| ru_amateuryears = ?-1880 1880-1885
| ru_amateurclubs = [[Edinburgh Academicals]] [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge University]]
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| relatives = [[Peter Guthrie Tait]], father [[Frederick Guthrie Tait]], brother
| school = [[Edinburgh Academy]]
| university = [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
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[[File:The grave of John Guthrie Tait, St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|280px|The grave of John Guthrie Tait, St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh]]
'''John "Jack" Guthrie Tait''' (24 August 1861 – 4 October 1945)<ref>[http://www.scrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/517.html John Tait player profile] Scrum.com</ref> [[Volunteer Officers' Decoration|V.D.]] was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] educator who became principal of the [[Central College of Bangalore]] prior to the First World War. In his early adulthood, Tait was a notable sportsman playing [[rugby union]] as a forward for [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge University]] and represented the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland international team]] twice between 1880 and 1885. As well as being a talented rugby player, Tait was, like his brother [[Frederick Guthrie Tait]], a notable amateur golfer.

==Personal history==
Tait was born in [[Edinburgh]] in 1861, the eldest son of Scottish mathematical physicist [[Peter Guthrie Tait]] and Margaret Archer Porter.<ref>[http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/knots/taitbib.htm Provisional Bibliography of Peter Guthrie Tait] The University of Edinburgh, School of Mathematics</ref>

He was educated at the [[Edinburgh Academy]] from 1871 to 1877 before studying Law at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]], from 1880.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=TT880JG|name=Tait, John Guthrie}}</ref> He received his BA in 1884, and on 7 November the same year was admitted at [[Lincoln's Inn]].<ref name=Venn/> Tait was called to The Bar on 25 April 1888 and was awarded his MA in 1890.

In 1890 he travelled to [[India]] and took up a post in the Government Education Department at [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]]. He became Professor of Languages and vice-principal of [[Central College of Bangalore]], and in 1908 he was made principal of the college.<ref name=Venn/>

He was commissioned a Captain in the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers on 31 October 1893.<ref>January 1908 Indian Army List</ref> He resigned his commission as a Lieutenant-Colonel 12 July 1917.<ref>London Gazette 8 February 1919</ref> He was awarded the Volunteer Decoration for his long service.

In 1937 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]], [[William Peddie]], [[Arthur Crichton Mitchell]] and Sir [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=18 October 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In his later life, Tait became a keen student of the works of [[Sir Walter Scott]], and assisted the editors of the centenary edition of the ''Letters of Sir Walter Scott'', and brought out a revised text of ''[[The Journal of Sir Walter Scott]]''<ref>[https://archive.today/20120718181233/http://res.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/os-XXIV/95/261 The Review of English Studies, 1948. Pg 261] oxfordjournals.org</ref> based on the original manuscript.<ref name=Venn/>

He died in Edinburgh in 1945.<ref name=Venn/> He is buried next to his parents in the churchyard of [[St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh]]. The grave lies on the second burial terrace, down from [[Princes Street]] on the east side of the church.

==Rugby Union career==
[[File:Cambridge University RFC 1880.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|Tait with the 1880 Cambridge Varsity Match team. Tait is stood second on left with arms behind his back.]]

===Amateur career===

Tait first came to note as a rugby union player when he represented [[Edinburgh Academical Football Club|Edinburgh Academicals]].

In 1880, now a freshman at Peterhouse, Tait was selected for the Cambridge University team. At the end of the year Tait was part of the Cambridge team to face [[Oxford University RFC|Oxford University]] in the annual [[The Varsity Match|Varsity Match]], now played at Blackheath. This was Tait's first sporting 'Blue', and the game ended in a respectful draw. Tait missed the 1881 game, but was back in the team for the 1882, led by fellow Peterhouse student [[Herbert Fuller]]. The game was won by Oxford, thanks to a clever [[Try (rugby)|try]] scored by [[Alan Rotherham]].

===Provincial career===

He played for [[Edinburgh District (rugby union)|Edinburgh District]] in their inter-city match against [[Glasgow District (rugby union)|Glasgow District]] on [[1879–80 Scottish Districts season|20 December 1879]].

He then played for [[East of Scotland District (rugby union)|East of Scotland District]] in their match against [[West of Scotland District (rugby union)|West of Scotland District]] on [[1879–80 Scottish Districts season|31 January 1880]].

===International career===

In 1880 he was selected for the Scotland national team, in a [[1879–80 Home Nations rugby union matches|Home Nations friendly]] against [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]]. Scotland were easy victors, winning by three goals to nil; but despite the victory Tait was not part of the Scotland team that faced England for the [[Calcutta Cup]] just two weeks later.

Tait played one final notable game, when in 1885 he was called back into the Scotland side, to once again face Ireland, this time as part of the [[1885 Home Nations Championship]]. The game ended in another Scottish victory, but Tait would not represent his country in rugby again.

==Golfing career==

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| quote =The earliest thing I remember about Freddie's golf is the difficulty I had in persuading him to hold a golf club right hand undermost. Some few years ago he told Mrs. Everard that he was deeply indebted to me for licking him till he held his hands the right way.<ref name="Low168">Low (1900), pg 168.</ref>
| source = – Tait writing from India, recalling time training his brother at golf
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Tait was a keen golfer, and in his younger days he taught his younger brother, [[Frederick Guthrie Tait]], the basic techniques of the sport. Before leaving for India, Tait entered several amateur golfing tournaments, and in 1887 reached the semi-final stage of the Amateur Championship at [[Hoylake]];<ref name="Low170">Low (1900), pg 170.</ref> being eventually knocked out by [[John Ball (golfer)|John Ball]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hutchinson |first=Horace G. |title=Fifty Years of Golf |url=https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsofgolf00hutciala |year=1919 |publisher=Offices of Country life |page=[https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsofgolf00hutciala/page/103 103] }}</ref> Although the tutor of his brothers, Frederick would surpass Tait in style and ability, and Frederick's style "...was neater, more finished, more polished, than Jack's (John)."<ref name="Low170"/>

===Results in major championships===
Note: Tait played in only [[The Amateur Championship]].

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==Family==

On 7 January 1904 he married Annie Smith Cook, daughter of the Principal of the Central College, [[John Cook (mathematician)|John Cook]] [[FRSE]] (d.1915).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) |author=C D Waterston |author2=A Macmillan Shearer |website=[[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] |isbn=090219884X |date=July 2006 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-date=24 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

His younger brother was Lt [[Frederick Guthrie Tait]].

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Terry |title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 |year=1984 |publisher=Willows Books |location=London |isbn=0-00-218060-X}}
* {{cite book |last=Low |first=John L. |title=F. G. Tait, A Record; Being his Life, Letters, and golfing diary |url=https://archive.org/details/fgtaitrecordbein00lowjiala |year=1900 |publisher=J. Nisbet & Co. |location=London }}
* {{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Howard |author2=Jordon, J.P. |title=Oxford v Cambridge, The Story of the University Rugby Match |year=1951 |publisher=Clerke & Cockeran|location=London }}

==References==
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[[Category:Scottish rugby union players]]
[[Category:Scotland international rugby union players]]
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[[Category:Rugby union forwards]]
[[Category:Rugby union players from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players]]
[[Category:Scottish male golfers]]
[[Category:Amateur golfers]]
[[Category:Scottish educators]]
[[Category:Scottish Episcopalians]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Indian Defence Force officers]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy]]
[[Category:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Golfers from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Edinburgh District (rugby union) players]]
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