William Frederick Holms CIE (27 August 1866 – 30 September 1950) was a British civil engineer and Scotland international rugby union player.
[8] It was noted that Holms had a particular skill in kicking drop goals in the side, which only his teammate George Campbell Lindsay could equal in England.
[19] The School team played well that summer with victories over Dunfermline and Edinburgh Academy – with Holms in the side.
The team also included such dual rugby union and cricket players:- Frank Hunter, Leslie Balfour-Melville, Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope, Thomas Roger Marshall and Henry Stevenson.
[22][23] The Blair Lodge cricket club got their facts wrong in 1896 and were corrected by the Edinburgh Evening News.
It did then list the Scottish records that Blair Lodge did hold, including a 557 for 4 wickets against Campsie Glen in 1884.
At the time of print of The Sporting Life newspaper Holms had won his heat for the 100 yards dash and was favourite for the final, clocking a time of 11 seconds with newspaper noting the simple phrase won easily.