Thomas Torrie

Thomas Torrie (13 April 1857 – 18 June 1913) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

For the Scottish advocate, geologist, botanist and author, see Thomas Jameson Torrie.

Thomas Torrie
Birth nameThomas Jameson Torrie
Date of birth(1857-04-13)13 April 1857
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death18 June 1913(1913-06-18) (aged 56)
Place of deathSt Andrews, Scotland
Notable relative(s)Thomas Jameson Torrie, father
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1876-77
1876-77		 East of Scotland District
Edinburgh District		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1877 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[1]

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District in February 1876.[1]

Torrie was selected for Edinburgh District. He played in the Inter-City match of December 1876 against Glasgow District; and for Edinburgh District against East of Scotland District in January 1877.

International career

He was capped once for Scotland, against England in 1877.[2]

Business career

After rugby union, Torrie became a tea-planter in Assam, Ceylon. He was named as a tea-planter in John M. Crabbie's will, in the Morning Post of 4 March 1898.[3]

Family

Torrie was born to parents Thomas Jameson Torrie, the advocate, geologist and botanist, and Catherine Paton Jameson. He had 3 siblings Janet, Robert and Lawrence. He married Jane Crabbie, daughter of John M. Crabbie of Duncow, the wine merchant and distiller.[3] By 1901 he was staying in London, but moved to Vancouver in Canada in 1907. His sister Janet married Dr. Claud Muirhead; their only child died in infancy; and Janet Torrie died in 1874 and Claud Muirhead died in 1910. This meant a competing claim for their estate between the surviving Torrie brothers - Lawrence had died in 1909 - and the Muirhead family. The judge Lord Skerrington ruled in favour of the Muirhead family.[4] Thomas Torrie died in St. Andrews in 1913, leaving an estate of £16,747 and 17 shillings and 7 pence.[5]

References
  1. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Thomas Torrie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  3. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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