Tom Dorward

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Tom Dorward
Birth nameThomas Fairgrieve Dorward
Date of birth(1916-03-27)27 March 1916
Place of birth Galashiels, Scotland
Date of death5 March 1941(1941-03-05) (aged 24)
Place of death Castle Bytham, England
Notable relative(s) Arthur Dorward, brother
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Gala ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1937 South of Scotland District ()
1938 Scotland Possibles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1938-39 Scotland 5 (0)

Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward (27 March 1916, Galashiels – 5 March 1941, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] [2] He died as the result of wounds received during World War II. [3]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Gala. [1]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District in their match against the combined North of Scotland District on 20 November 1937. [4]

He was scheduled to play for the Scotland Probables side in the December 1937 trial match but the match was called off due to frost. Instead, Dorward was later in the January 1938 trial, this time as a substitute for the Scotland Possibles side. He came on in the second half. [5]

International career

He was capped five times for Scotland between 1938 and 1939. [1] [2]

Death

Pilot Officer Dorward was killed whilst serving with the RAF in World War II. [6]

Family

His brother Arthur Dorward was also capped for Scotland. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p138
  2. 1 2 Scum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
  3. ↑ Bath, p109
  4. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ CWGC entry
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)


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