George Turnbull (rugby union)

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George Turnbull
Birth nameGeorge Oliver Turnbull
Date of birth(1877-07-21)21 July 1877
Place of birth Colinton Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death14 January 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 92)
Place of death Brighton, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
West of Scotland ()
– Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1895 Glasgow District ()
1895 Cities District ()
1896 Schoolboy ()
1903 Anglo-Scots ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1896-1904 Scotland 5 (3)

George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Turnbull played for West of Scotland. [2] [3]

He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers. [4]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 7 December 1895. [5]

Turnbull played for Cities District in their match against Provinces District on 28 December 1895. [6]

He played for a Schoolboy side against the Scotland Probables on Wednesday 23 January 1896. [7]

He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903. [4]

International career

Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904. [8]

Military career

He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "George Oliver Turnbull". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Turnbull - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  9. ↑ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.


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