George Roberts (rugby union)

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George Roberts
Birth nameGeorge Roberts
Date of birth(1914-02-13)13 February 1914
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death2 August 1943(1943-08-02) (aged 29)
Place of death Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
-
1938		 Edinburgh District
Scotland Possibles 		()
International career
YearsTeamApps(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]

Contents

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "George Roberts". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 3 Bath, p109
  3. 1 2 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)


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