John Hastie (rugby union)

John Hastie
Birth name	John Dickson Hart Hastie
Date of birth	16 March 1908
Place of birth	Peebles, Scotland
Date of death	19 January 1965 (aged 56)
Place of death	Peebles, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Melrose
–	Co-Optimists
–	Army
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1938	Scotland Possibles
1939	South of Scotland District
International career
Years	Team
1938	Scotland

John Hastie (16 March 1908 – 19 January 1965) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Hooker.^[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Hastie played for Melrose.^[2]

He was the third Melrose player to be capped for Scotland; after J.R. Lawrie and J. W. Allan.^[3]

He played for the Co-Optimists in March 1939 against Cambridge University Vandals. Unfortunately he was injured in the match, and went off with an injured knee.^[4]

He also played for the Army.^[5]

Provincial career

Hastie was a substitute used in the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938^[6]

He played for South of Scotland District in 1939.^[7]^[8]

International career

Hastie was capped by Scotland 3 times, all in 1938.^[9]

He was later capped for Scotland in a military services team to played England Services.^[10]

Administrative career

In 1950 and 1951,^[11] he was the Vice-President of Melrose RFC.^[12]

He became President of Melrose RFC in 1952.^[13]

He was also a selector for South of Scotland District.^[14]

References

^ "John Dickson Hart Hastie". ESPN scrum.
^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Hastie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[1] "John Dickson Hart Hastie". 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] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Hastie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.

[10] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[12] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[13] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[14] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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