A. G. G. Asher

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Sir
Augustus Grant-Asher
CBE
BornAugustus Gordon Grant-Asher
(1861-12-18)18 December 1861
Poona, India.[1]
Died15 June 1930(1930-06-15) (aged 68)
Kingussie, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position Half-back
50th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1929–1930
Preceded byDavid McCowan
Succeeded byAndrew Balfour

Sir Augustus Gordon Grant-Asher CBE (18 December 1861 – 15 June 1930)[1][2] was a Scotland international rugby union player.[3] He also represented Scotland as a cricket player.[4]

Rugby Union career[edit | edit source]

Amateur career[edit | edit source]

Grant-Asher went to Loretto School, and went up to Brasenose College, Oxford after that.[5]

He played for Oxford University RFC,[4] as well as the Fettesian-Lorettonian Club, and Edinburgh Wanderers.[1]

Provincial career[edit | edit source]

He was capped by Edinburgh District for the inter-city match in 1885 while with Edinburgh Wanderers.[6]

He was capped by East of Scotland District for their match against West of Scotland District. This was at the end of January 1886; and he was now with Fettesian-Lorettonians.[7]

International career[edit | edit source]

One of the earliest Scottish players, he was capped 7 times for Template:Nrut between 1882 and 1886.[4] He played at half back.[1][8]

R.J. Phillips, the first historian of Scottish rugby said:

"no one has arisen to bear comparison with A.R. Don Wauchope at quarter or half back, where he and A.G.G. Asher still hold claim as the greatest pair to have played together for their country."[9]

Administrative career[edit | edit source]

He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union from 1929 to 1930.[1]

Cricket career[edit | edit source]

At Oxford, he played in 10 first-class cricket matches for the Oxford University team in 1883 and 1884, winning a Blue for cricket in 1883.[10] He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.[1][4]

Other sports[edit | edit source]

Grant-Asher was also Scotland's pole vault champion.[1]

Law career[edit | edit source]

In later life he was a Writer to the Signet.[1]

Honours[edit | edit source]

He was appointed CBE in the 1918 Birthday Honours[11] and knighted in the 1927 Birthday Honours.[12]

Death[edit | edit source]

He is buried in the churchyard of Insh Church, Kincraig, near Kingussie, Highland.[2]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Godwin, p30
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sir Augustus Gordon Grant Asher C.B.E. 1861 - 1930 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves.
  3. ↑ "Augustus Gordon Grant-Asher". ESPN scrum.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Bath, p104
  5. ↑ ASHER, Sir Augustus Gordon Grant, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  6. ↑ "Register | British Newspaper Archive". britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Register | British Newspaper Archive". britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Augustus Grant-Asher - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  9. ↑ Massie, p10
  10. ↑ "Player profile: Augustus Asher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1918. p. 6687.
  12. ↑ "No. 33280". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1927. p. 3603.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
  3. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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