Donald Grant (rugby union) explained

Donald Grant
Birth Name:Donald Macpherson Grant
Birth Date:30 December 1892
Birth Place:Burma
Death Place:San Francisco, United States
Ru Position:Wing
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:London Scottish
Ru Nationalyears:1911
Ru Nationalcaps:2
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
Ru Province:
Ru Provinceyears:-
1911

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

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]

Notes and References

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