Colin Hill (rugby union)

Colin Hill (17 July 1887 – 9 June 1953) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Forward.

Colin Hill
Birth nameColin Cecil Pitcairn Hill
Date of birth(1887-07-17)17 July 1887
Place of birthLeslie, Fife, Scotland
Date of death9 June 1953(1953-06-09) (aged 65)
Place of deathKilbirnie, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
St. Andrews University ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1908-10
1910
1911		 Midlands District
North of Scotland District
Whites Trial		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1912 Scotland 2 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

After being educated at Fettes College Hill went to St. Andrews University.[1] Hill then played rugby union for St. Andrews University.[2]

Provincial career

He played for the Midlands District in their match against North of Scotland District on 7 November 1908[3] and on 19 November 1910.[4] The day on 7 November 1908 was particularly notable for Hill as he refereed a hockey match in the morning between Dundee High School and Madras College F.P. in Dundee's Recreation Grounds; before then playing rugby union for the Midlands District that afternoon.[5]

He played for the combined North of Scotland District against the South of Scotland District on 10 December 1910.[6]

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still playing with St. Andrews University.[7]

International career

Hill played in 2 tests for Scotland.[8]

Military career

In the First World War he joined the 11 battalion of the Royal Scots as a captain and fought in France. He graduated to be a Lieutanent. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Star.[9] He later became an army chaplain.

Religious career

Hill followed his father into the ministry, was ordained in 1920[1] and became a minister of the Church of Scotland. At the time of his father's death in 1922 he was a army chaplain in India.[10][1] He held a post in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire for many years. He died in the manse.[11]

He served on the Ayrshire Education Committee for 15 years; was on the Primary promotions Board; and on the Ayrshire Educational Trust.[1]

References
  1. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  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. https://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/2257.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match
  9. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1262/images/30850_A000742-00803?pId=4011682
  10. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. Midlands First and Latest. John Methven. H.B. Rutherford publisher. 1989.
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