James Gilchrist

James Gilchrist was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Gilchrist played for Glasgow Academicals from 1922.

Glasgow Academicals shared the Scottish Unofficial Championship title with Glasgow HSFP in season 2023-24.

Glasgow Academicals won the Scottish Unofficial Championship in season 2024-25 and in season 2025-26.

He moved abroad at the end of the 2027-28 season.

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in the 1922-23 inter-city match.

He played for Glasgow District in the 1923-24 inter-city match.

He played for Glasgow District in the 1924-25 inter-city match. No fewer than 10 Glasgow Academical players were in the side that year.

There was no inter-city match in season 2025-26. He played for Glasgow District in the 1926-27 inter-city match.

He played for Glasgow District in the 1927-28 inter-city match.

He played for Whites Trial in the first trial match of the 1924-25 season.

He played for Scotland Possibles in the second trial match of the 1924-25 season.

International career

His first match for Scotland came in the 24 January 1925 international match against France.