Laurie Duff

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Laurie Duff
Birth namePeter Laurence Duff
Date of birth(1912-11-12)12 November 1912
Place of birth Bothwell, Scotland
Date of death6 November 2002(2002-11-06) (aged 89)
Place of death Stirling, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow Academicals ()
– Uddingston ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Glasgow District ()
- Scotland Possibles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1936-39 Scotland 6 (6)
1938 British and Irish Lions 2 (6)

Peter Laurence Duff (12 November 1912 – 6 November 2002) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] He also represented the British and Irish Lions. [2] [3]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals, [2] and Uddingston.

Provincial career

He represented Glasgow District.

He played for the Scotland Possibles side in their trial match against the Scotland Probables on 15 January 1938. [4]

International career

He played 6 matches for Scotland. [5]

He was selected for the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa playing in two of the Test matches against South Africa, scoring a try in both. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Peter Laurance Duff". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 3 Bath, p118
  3. 1 2 "Laurie Duff". lionsrugby.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Laurie Duff - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)
  2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN   0-904919-84-6)


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