Donald Grant (rugby union)

Donald Grant (30 December 1892 – 8 December 1962) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Grant played as a Wing.[1]

Donald Grant
Birth nameDonald Macpherson Grant
Date of birth(1892-12-30)30 December 1892
Place of birthBurma
Date of death8 December 1962(1962-12-08) (aged 69)
Place of deathSan Francisco, United States
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
1911
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1911 Scotland 2 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Grant played for London Scottish.[2]

Provincial career

Grant played for the English county team East Midlands.[3]

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with London Scottish, scoring a try in the match in a 26-19 win for the Whites.[4]

International career

Grant played 2 matches for Scotland, both in the Five Nations tournament.[5]

He remains the youngest player to play on the Wing for Scotland. His first start was at the age of 18 years and 36 days.[6]

His debut was against Wales on 4 February 1911 at Inverleith. Wales won the match 32 - 10.[7] The Glasgow Herald noted that Grant as 'the schoolboy member of the team, took a long time to find his feet, and did his best work in Scotland's last despairing rally.'[2]

His final match was against Ireland on 25 February 1911 at Inverleith. Ireland won the match 16 - 10.[8] Grant had a kick at goal in the first half but it went right of the post; and his similar conversion kick in the second half also missed. Nevertheless he combined with Carl Ogilivy to good effect throughout the match.[9]

References
  1. "Donald Macpherson Grant". ESPN scrum.
  2. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  4. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Donald Grant - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  7. "Scotland v Wales". ESPN scrum.
  8. "Scotland v Ireland". ESPN scrum.
  9. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.


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