Archibald Drummond

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Archibald Drummond
Birth nameArchibald Hugh Drummond
Date of birth(1915-04-02)2 April 1915
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death16 September 1990(1990-09-16) (aged 75)
Place of death Jedburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Kelvinside Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1937 Glasgow District ()
1938 Scotland Probables ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1938 Scotland 2 (6)

Archibald Drummond (2 April 1915 – 16 September 1990) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a wing. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Drummond played for Kelvinside Academicals. [2]

Provincial career

Drummond was capped for Glasgow District. He shone in the inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1937. He scored 1 try, 2 conversions and 3 penalties in the match, helping Glasgow to an emphatic 29 - 6 victory. [3]

He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938. [4]

International career

Drummond was capped by Scotland twice. Both caps came in 1938. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Archibald Hugh Drummond". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Archibald Drummond - Test matches". ESPN scrum.


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