George Roberts (rugby union)
| Birth name | George Roberts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 February 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 August 1943 (aged 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kanchanaburi, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Roberts (13 February 1914 – 2 August 1943) was a Scotland international rugby union player,[1] who died working on the Burma-Siam Railway at Kanchanaburi in Thailand.[2][3][4]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Watsonians.[2]
Provincial career
[edit]He represented Edinburgh District.[5]
He played for Scotland Possibles in their trial match against Scotland Probables in January 1938, coming on as a substitute in the second half.
International career
[edit]He was capped five times for Scotland between 1938 and 1939.[2] [3][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "George Roberts". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c Bath, p109
- ^ a b Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^ CWGC entry
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Roberts - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
External links
[edit]- George Roberts at ESPNscrum
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