James Veitch (rugby union)

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James Veitch
Birth nameJames Pringle Veitch
Date of birth(1862-09-16)16 September 1862
Place of birth Penicuik, Scotland
Date of death22 January 1917(1917-01-22) (aged 54)
Place of death Blackburn, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Royal HSFP ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1881-83
1882-86		 Edinburgh District
East of Scotland District 		()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1882-86 Scotland 8 (1 gl, 1 conv)

James Veitch (1862-1917) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Royal HSFP. [2]

Provincial career

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]

International career

He was capped 8 times for Scotland in the period 1882 to 1886. [5]

Family

He was born to Agnes Pringle and Andrew Veitch.

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References

  1. ↑ "James Pringle Veitch". ESPN scrum.
  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. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - James Veitch - Test matches". ESPN scrum.


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