Robert Maitland was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p137
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He also played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
Provincial career
He played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.
He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 3 December 1881.
International career
He was capped five times for between 1881 and 1885.
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.
Robert emigrated to the United States in 1892.
References
Sources
Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )