George Roberts (rugby union)

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George Roberts
BornGeorge Roberts
(1914-02-13)13 February 1914
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died2 August 1943(1943-08-02) (aged 29)
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Rugby union career
Position Full Back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Watsonians
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Edinburgh District
1938 Scotland Possibles
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1938-39 Scotland 5 (0)

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

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians.[2]

Provincial career

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

He was capped five times for Scotland between 1938 and 1939.[2] [3][6]

See also

References

  1. "George Roberts". ESPN scrum.
  2. Bath, p109
  3. Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
  4. CWGC entry
  5. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Roberts - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)