Johnny Johnston (rugby union)

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Johnny Johnston
Birth nameWilliam Graham Stuart Johnston
Date of birth(1913-05-31)31 May 1913
Place of birth London, England
Date of death4 October 1994(1994-10-04) (aged 81)
Place of death Surrey, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Cambridge University ()
– Richmond ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1938 Scotland Possibles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1935-37 Scotland 5 (0)

Johnny Johnston (31 May 1913 - 4 October 1994) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Johnston played for Cambridge University and then Richmond. [2]

Provincial career

He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He scored a try in a 23–13 win for the Possibles side. [3]

International career

He was capped 5 times for Scotland, between 1935 and 1937. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "William Graham Stuart Johnston". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Johnny Johnston - Test matches". ESPN scrum.


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