George Turnbull (rugby union)

George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

George Turnbull
Birth nameGeorge Oliver Turnbull
Date of birth(1877-07-21)21 July 1877
Place of birthColinton Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death14 January 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 92)
Place of deathBrighton, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- West of Scotland
Edinburgh Wanderers		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1895
1895
1896
1903		 Glasgow District
Cities District
Schoolboy
Anglo-Scots		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1896-1904 Scotland 5 (3)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Turnbull played for West of Scotland.[2][3]

He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[4]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 7 December 1895.[5]

Turnbull played for Cities District in their match against Provinces District on 28 December 1895.[6]

He played for a Schoolboy side against the Scotland Probables on Wednesday 23 January 1896.[7]

He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903.[4]

International career

Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904.[8]

Military career

He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis.[9]

References
  1. "George Oliver Turnbull". ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. 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. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Turnbull - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  9. www.ancestry.co.uk https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5758&h=20255&ssrc=pt&tid=55521658&pid=422139343252&usePUB=true&requr=9288966295552000&ur=0&gsfn=&gsln=&h=20255. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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