Glasgow and Edinburgh each organised 'A' and 'B' sides to try and get their selection right for the famous inter-city match.
Either he failed to impress at the trial or the broken ankle injury he sustained that season ruled him out of selection.
[1] In the First World War, Meldrum started in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Captain.
[12] He was the son of George Alexander Meldrum and Jessie Brown Marr.
His daughter Aileen married the Honorable Robert Montieth of Tullibole Castle.