Herbert Leggatt

Herbert Leggatt

Born	Herbert Thomas Owen Leggatt (1868-10-26)26 October 1868 Vellore, India
Died	23 May 1945(1945-05-23) (aged 76) Birkdale, England
Rugby union career
Position Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Watsonians Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1890 1891 1892 Edinburgh District East of Scotland District Cities District International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1891–94 Scotland 9 (1)

Herbert Leggatt (26 October 1868 – 23 May 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player. ^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians. ^[2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in the 1890 inter-city match. ^[3]

He played for East of Scotland District that same season in 1891. ^[4]

He played for Cities District against the Anglo-Scots in 1892. ^[5]

International career

He made his debut with the national team during the game Scotland v Wales at Edinburgh, 7 Feb 1891. His last game was Scotland v England at Edinburgh, 17 Mar 1894 He played 9 international games between 1891 and 1894. ^[6]

Family

He was born in Madras Presidency, India on 26 Oct 1868 to George Russell Leggatt and Catherine Ann Pritchard.

Death

Herbert Thomas Owen Leggatt died on 23 May 1945 in Southport, Lancashire, England.

References

1. "Herbert Thomas Owen Leggatt". ESPNscrum.
2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
3. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18910120/087/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18921226/010/0001
6. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Herbert Leggatt – Test matches". ESPNscrum.