| Birth name | James Murray Bishop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 December 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Partick, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 January 1938 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Bishop (27 December 1867 – 15 January 1938) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
Bishop played rugby union for Glasgow Academicals. [2] [3]
He played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the inter-city match of 17 December 1892. [4]
Bishop was then capped for Cities District in their match against Anglo-Scots on 24 December 1892. In Edinburgh circles his selection for this combined Glasgow-Edinburgh side caused quite a stir as they favoured their own players. The Scottish Referee newspaper had this advice: [5]
If J.M. Bishop is at all annoyed at the intelligence that his selection for Glasgow-Edinburgh was questioned, it may comfort him to know that in Glasgow where he is known better the unanimous verdict was that he had not a superior in the Inter-City and that higher honours are deserved by him.
He was also capped by West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 21 January 1893. [6]
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