Stephen Turk

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Stephen Turk
Birth nameArthur Stephen Turk
Date of birth(1948-01-09)9 January 1948
Place of birth Cresswell, Northumberland, England
Date of death25 August 2005(2005-08-25) (aged 57)
Place of death Langholm, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
-1972
1972-
1972-
Langholm
Army Rugby Union
Harrogate
()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1970-71
South of Scotland
Yorkshire
()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1971 Scotland 1 0

Stephen Turk (9 January 1948 - 25 August 2005) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Langholm. [2]

He joined the Army, and played for Army Rugby Union; and stationed at Catterick then turned out for Harrogate.

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District as a full back in all three matches of their 1970–71 Scottish Inter-District Championship season campaign. The South won every match and finished that season as champions, with Turk the top scorer for the season with 24 points. [3]

On moving to Catterick with the army, he then played for Yorkshire county. [4]

International career

He was capped by Scotland just the once, against England in 1971, coming on as a replacement at Centre. [5] Scotland won the match, their first win at Twickenham since 1938. [3]

Death

Turk died on the 25 August 2005 after a long illness. [6]

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References

  1. "Arthur Stephen Turk". ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. 1 2 "Formers Scottish test player dies". ESPN scrum.
  4. "Register" . Retrieved 16 July 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "England v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
  6. "Rugby Union: You can't hurry a Murray. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.