Ian Shaw (rugby union)

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Ian Shaw
Birth nameJohn Shaw
Date of birth(1911-08-03)3 August 1911
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death5 June 1973(1973-06-05) (aged 61)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Notable relative(s) Wilson Shaw, brother
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow HSFP ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow District ()
- Scotland Probables ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1937 Scotland 1 (4)

Ian Shaw was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] [2]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow HSFP. [3] [1]

Provincial career

He was capped for Glasgow District. Shaw played at Fly-half in the 1930 inter-city match. [3]

He played for Scotland Probables in 19 December 1931 playing at Centre. [4]

International career

He was capped once for Scotland in 1937. [1] [5] He scored a drop goal in the match against Ireland. [6]

Family

His brother Wilson Shaw was also capped for Scotland. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p138
  2. "John Shaw". ESPN scrum.
  3. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19311221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  5. "Ireland v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
  6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Ian Shaw - Test matches".
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)