"THE legend that the Calcutta Cup was created by a group of Englishmen exiled in India, for the benefit of rugby in England, was challenged at Murrayfield yesterday by an ancestor of one of the cup's originators.
Stanley Rothney, an 82-year-old rugby supporter from Peterculter near Aberdeen, is an ancestor of James Rothney, who was secretary of the Calcutta Football Club. The club of rugby exiles in India closed in 1877 and when it was being wound up, Rothney encouraged members to spend the club's remaining funds - the equivalent of £60 - in crafting the Calcutta Cup. It was first contested between Scotland and England in 1879 and was won by Scotland at Murrayfield in February."
Presumably, they mean descendant?
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