Jimmy Dykes (rugby union)

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Jimmy Dykes
Birth nameJames Carroll Dykes
Date of birth(1901-07-04)4 July 1901
Place of birth Partick, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death3 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)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow Academicals ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1922–29
1925–28		 Scotland
Barbarians 		20
5		 (20)

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

Contents

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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)


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