David Edwards (rugby union)

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David Edwards
Birth nameDavid Baxter Edwards
Date of birth(1930-03-19)19 March 1930
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death8 July 2006(2006-07-08) (aged 76)
Place of deathEdinburgh
School George Heriot's School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Heriot's
Birkenhead Park FC 		()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1960-1960 Scotland 03 (15)

David Edwards (19 March 1930 – 8 July 2006) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.

Contents

Rugby career

Amateur career

Edwards started his rugby playing while at George Heriot's School. Joining the RAF as part of his National Service he moved to Merseyside. While there he played for Birkenhead Park FC. [1] Upon his return to Edinburgh he joined his school's "Former Pupils" team of Heriot's. Edwards played his career here, later becoming captain and then president in the years to follow. Iain Milne described Edwards as an "uncompromising back row" [2]

Rugby sevens

Edwards was a fast, hard running player and enjoyed an illustrious sevens career with Heriot's.

Winning:

Provincial career

Whilst with Heriot's he played for Edinburgh District. He played in the 1955–56 Scottish Inter-District Championship season that was decided in the final game versus Glasgow District [3]

It would be four years until Edwards would be selected to play for Edinburgh District again in the 1959-60 season. This time his performances on the pitch would lead to a selection in the Scotland team.

On 16 November 1960 a combined Glasgow-Edinburgh District side faced the touring South Africa squad. Edwards captained the side losing 16-11, in the process he got badly injured but came back on. In the days that followed the injuries forced him to retire at the age of 30.

International career

After Edwards's performances in the 1959–60 Scottish Inter-District Championship he was selected to "lead the pack" against Ireland [4] only a matter of 3 weeks before his 30th birthday. The match ended in a 6–5 victory to Scotland with Edwards scoring an unconverted try and 5 minutes later Ken Scotland landing a "neat drop goal". This was Scotland's first victory in Ireland for 27 years. On Edwards 30th Birthday he played England in what would be a 21–12 defeat.

In the April of 1960 Scotland went on the first visit to the Southern Hemisphere by a single home nation and the first short tour by any Test team by going to South Africa. [5] Edwards third and final cap came in this test game which they lost 18–10. Four days later Edwards scored a try versus Griqualand West now known as the Griquas in Kimberley.

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References

  1. ↑ "Irish Rugby Football Union, Ireland v Scotland, Five Nations, Landsdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland, Saturday 27th February, 1960,.27.2.1960, 2.27.1960, | Irish Photo Archive". www.irishphotoarchive.ie.
  2. ↑ "Heriot's and Barbarians set for 125th anniversaries". www.scotsman.com.
  3. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ↑ "Charlie Stewart". HeraldScotland.
  5. ↑ "On this day: A tour that made history". Scottish Rugby Union.
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