Bob Howie

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Bob Howie
Birth nameRobert. A. Howie
Date of birth(1898-06-11)11 June 1898
Place of birth Gorebridge, Scotland
Date of death14 May 1992(1992-05-14) (aged 93)
Occupation(s)Rugby union referee
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Kirkcaldy ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1923-24 Midlands District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1924 British and Irish Lions 4 (0)
1924-25 Scotland 7 (0)
Refereeing career
YearsCompetitionApps
1928 Scottish Districts

Robert Howie (11 June 1898 – 14 May 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played for Kirkcaldy RFC. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Kirkcaldy RFC. [1]

Provincial career

Howie was capped by Midlands District. [2]

International career

He was capped seven times as a prop forward for Scotland between 1924 and 1925. [3] and was selected for the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in four tests. [4]

Referee career

He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1928. [5]

Family

Bob Howie was the brother of Dave Howie, who also played for Kirkcaldy and gained seven national caps, but died in the First World War. [6]

Although he and his brother gained fourteen caps between them their father, a grim farmer, never watched them once, saying:

"Rugby an' fermin' will no agree, an' A ken which'll pit mair money in yer pooch." [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Bath, p. 138
  2. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19231119/100/0010 . Retrieved 29 October 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Scotland/Players and Officials/Robert Howie". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Bath, p. 118
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Bath, p. 109
  7. ↑ Bath, p. 28
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