Robin Welsh

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Robin Welsh
Date of birth(1869-10-20)20 October 1869
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death21 October 1934(1934-10-21) (aged 65)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland [1]
School George Watson's College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
- Cities District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1895–96 Scotland 4 (3)
Refereeing career
YearsCompetitionApps
1901-05 Scottish Unofficial Championship
1902-05 Home Nations 3
46th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1925–1926
Men's curling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1924 Chamonix Team

Robin Welsh (20 October 1869 – 21 October 1934) [2] was a Scottish sportsman who represented the Royal Caledonian Curling Club as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland in tennis [3] and played international rugby union for Scotland. [4]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians. [5]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District. [6] He also played for Cities District. [7]

International career

He was capped four times for Scotland between 1895 and 1896. [8]

Referee career

He was an international referee. He refereed the England versus Ireland match in 1902; [9] the Wales versus England match in 1903; [10] and the Ireland versus England match in 1905. [11]

He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship. [12] [13] [14]

Administrative career

He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1925 to 1926. [15]

Curling career

He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.

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References

  1. "Curling History: Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics: Part 1 – The GB Curlers". 6 November 2013.
  2. Robin Welsh rugby profile Scrum.com
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robin Welsh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  4. "Robin Welsh | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum".
  5. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  6. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  7. "Register" . Retrieved 29 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Robin Welsh – Test matches".
  9. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – England v Ireland at Leicester".
  10. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Wales v England at Swansea".
  11. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Ireland v England at Cork".
  12. "Register" . Retrieved 29 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. "Register" . Retrieved 29 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. "Register" . Retrieved 29 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby .