# Archibald Walker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Archibald_Walker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Archibald_Walker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Walker > Source revision: 1284146958 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Archibald Walker | image = | caption = | birth_name = Archibald Walker | birth_date = {{Birth date|1858|06|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|06|10|1858|06|29|df=yes}} | death_place = Newark Castle, Ayr, Scotland | height = | weight = | position = [Forward](/source/Forward_(rugby_union)) | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = [West of Scotland](/source/West_of_Scotland_F.C.) | amatteam2 = [Fettesian-Lorettonians](/source/Fettesian-Lorettonian_Club) | amatteam3 = [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_RFC) | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) | repyears1 = 1881-83 | repcaps1 = 5 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | ru_clubupdate = | ru_currentclub = | province1 = [Glasgow District](/source/Glasgow_District_(rugby_union)) | province2 = [West of Scotland District](/source/West_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union)) | provinceyears1 = 1881 | provinceyears2 = 1882 | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = | repsevensyears1 = | ru_sevensnationalcaps = | ru_sevensnationalpoints = | ru_sevensupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | relatives = [James Walker](/source/James_Walker_(sportsman)), brother }} '''Archibald Walker''' was a [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.Bath, p137{{Cite web|title=Archibald Walker|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/556.html|access-date=2021-07-21|website=ESPN scrum}} ==Rugby Union career== ===Amateur career=== He played for [West of Scotland](/source/West_of_Scotland_F.C.).{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002731/18821106/097/0007 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18930324/003/0001 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}} He played for [Fettesian-Lorettonians](/source/Fettesian-Lorettonian_Club) in 1883 while still with [West of Scotland](/source/West_of_Scotland_F.C.), alongside his brother [James Walker](/source/James_Walker_(sportsman)) who was named as an [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_RFC) player.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18830102/025/0006 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}} He also played rugby for [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_RFC).{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19450611/062/0004 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}} ===Provincial career=== He played for [Glasgow District](/source/Glasgow_District_(rugby_union)) against [Edinburgh District](/source/Edinburgh_District_(rugby_union)) in the inter-city match of [3 December 1881](/source/1881%E2%80%9382_Scottish_Districts_season). He played for [West of Scotland District](/source/West_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union)) in their match against [East of Scotland District](/source/East_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union)) on [28 January 1882](/source/1881%E2%80%9382_Scottish_Districts_season). ===International career=== He was capped five times for [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) between 1881 and 1883.{{Cite web|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Archibald Walker - Test matches|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/556.html|access-date=2021-07-21|website=ESPN scrum}} ==Other sports== He rowed in the college eight at Oxford University. ==Business career== He was a director of the Distillers Company Ltd. for 32 years. He was Deputy Chairman of the Clydesdale Bank between 1923 and 1940.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19450611/041/0005 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}} He was a member of the Royal Company of Archers; and a member of the King's Bodyguard for Scotland. ==Family== He was born to Archibald Walker (1815–80) and Mary MacFarlane Smith (1826-1913). He had siblings:- [James Walker](/source/James_Walker_(rugby)) (1859-1923), who was also capped for Scotland; Mary Smith Walker; and Agnes Walker. He married Adelaide Orr Thomson (1875-1924). They had a son George Edward Orr Walker and daughter Adelaide Mary Orr Walker. George became a Lieutenant Colonel in the army, but continued to use the Major rank as he was better known with that rank, and ran for the Westminster Parliament in 1945 for the Conservative Party in the [Kilmarnock](/source/Kilmarnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) constituency. However it was won by Clarice Shaw, a music teacher and member of Troon town council, for the Labour Party.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19450622/123/0006 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}} ==References== {{reflist}} ;Sources {{refbegin}} * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}}) {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Archibald}} Category:1858 births Category:1945 deaths Category:Rugby union players from Glasgow Category:Scottish rugby union players Category:Scotland international rugby union players Category:West of Scotland District (rugby union) players Category:Glasgow District (rugby union) players Category:West of Scotland FC players Category:Fettesian-Lorretonian rugby union players Category:Oxford University RFC players Category:Rugby union forwards {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-1850s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Archibald Walker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Walker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Walker?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.