George Roberts (rugby union)

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George Roberts

Birth name	George Roberts
Date of birth	(1914-02-13)13 February 1914
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	2 August 1943(1943-08-02) (aged 29)
Place of death	Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Watsonians () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - 1938 Edinburgh District Scotland Possibles () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1938-39 Scotland 5 (0)

George Roberts (13 February 1914 – 2 August 1943) was a Scotland international rugby union player, ^[1] who died working on the Burma-Siam Railway at Kanchanaburi in Thailand. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians. ^[2]

Provincial career

He represented Edinburgh District. ^[5]

He played for Scotland Possibles in their trial match against Scotland Probables in January 1938, coming on as a substitute in the second half.

International career

He was capped five times for Scotland between 1938 and 1939. ^{[2] [3] [6]}

See also

• List of Scottish rugby union players killed in World War II

References

1. "George Roberts". ESPN scrum.
2. Bath, p109
3. Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
4. CWGC entry
5. "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Roberts - Test matches". ESPN scrum.

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)
2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN   0-904919-84-6)

External links

• George Roberts at ESPNscrum