Louis Auldjo
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| Born | Louis Carnegy Auldjo 6 November 1855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 25 June 1943 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | John Carnegy Auldjo, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Auldjo (6 November 1855 – 25 June 1943) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1877–78 Home Nations rugby union match against England.[1]
Auldjo was born in Cawnpore, now Kanpur, in India.[2] His family had military connections, hence the Indian birthplace, but the Auldjo family were a well-known Dundee family.[3] His father was John Richardson Auldjo and his mother Mary Anne Carnegy.
Amateur career
He played as a forward for Abertay RFC.[4] An Abertay match against Arbroath Rovers in noted in the Monday, 25 March 1878 issue of the Dundee Courier. Auldjo is noted as the 'source of much admiration among the connoisseurs'.
Provincial career
He represented the East of Scotland in their match against the West of Scotland; noted the Glasgow Herald of Monday 28 March 1878. He also played in the East of Scotland's match against Edinburgh District on 13 January 1877 in North Inch, Perth as noted in that day's Dundee Courier, the match report of which was in the Courier's 15 and 16 January 1877 issues; and on 17 January 1877 issue of the Aberdeen Weekly Journal.
Louis's brother John Carnegy Auldjo is also listed in the team for East of Scotland against Edinburgh District. The papers list John variously as J.C. or G.C. or G. Auldjo as a quarter-back playing for Abertay or St. Andrews University.
Louis Auldjo also played for the Whites Trial side in 1878.[5]
International career
Louis Auldjo played on 4 March 1878 match for Scotland against England; away at The Oval.[6]