Birth name | James Pringle Veitch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 September 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Penicuik, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 January 1917 54) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Blackburn, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Veitch (1862-1917) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He played for Royal HSFP. [2]
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1883 inter-city match. [3]
He played for East of Scotland District in the 30 January 1886 match against West of Scotland District. [4]
He was capped 8 times for Scotland in the period 1882 to 1886. [5]
He was born to Agnes Pringle and Andrew Veitch.
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