Jimmy Dykes (rugby union)

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Jimmy Dykes

Birth name	James Carroll Dykes
Date of birth	(1901-07-04)4 July 1901
Place of birth	Partick, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	3 July 1967(1967-07-03) (aged 65)
Place of death	Nairn, Scotland
Notable relative(s)	Andrew Dykes, brother John Dykes, uncle
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Glasgow Academicals () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1922–29 Scotland 20 (20) 1925–28 Barbarians 5

James Dykes was a Scotland international rugby union player. ^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He also played for Glasgow Academicals RFC. ^[1]

International career

He was capped twenty times for Scotland between 1922 and 1929 ^{[1] [2]}

He played five matches for the Barbarians from 1925 to 1928. ^[3]

Family

His brother Andrew was also capped for Scotland. ^[1]

He was the nephew of John Dykes, who was also capped for Scotland.

References

1. Bath, p138
2. "Scotland Player profile: Jimmy Dykes".
3. "Barbarians Player profile: J. C. Dykes".

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)