| Donny Innes | |||||||||||
| Birth Name: | John Robert Stephen Innes | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1917 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Ru Position: | Centre | ||||||||||
| Ru Amateuryears: | - | ||||||||||
| Ru Provinceyears: | - | ||||||||||
| Ru Nationalteam: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Ru Nationalyears: | 1939-48 | ||||||||||
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (3) | ||||||||||
| Ru Refereeyears: | 1951–52 | ||||||||||
| Ru Refereecomps: | Scottish Districts | ||||||||||
| Ru Refereeapps: | 1 | ||||||||||
| University: | University of Aberdeen | ||||||||||
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Donny Innes (16 September 1917 – 21 January 2012) was a Scotland international rugby union player and a doctor who worked as a general practitioner (GP).[1]
Innes was born on 16 September 1917 in Aberdeen Scotland. His father was a physician and his mother a GP.[2]
While studying medicine at the University of Aberdeen, he played for the Aberdeen University rugby union side. His pre-war Scotland caps came with the university side.[3]
He played for Aberdeen GSFP.[4]
He was a notable rugby sevens player and led the Co-Optimists to victory in the Murrayfield Sevens tournament in 1939.[3] He played sevens with Aberdeen Nomads that same year.
He was capped for the combined North of Scotland District side in 1935 while only a teenager, playing against a touring New Zealand side.[3]
He was capped for the standalone North of Scotland District He scored a try against Midlands District in 1947.[5]
He made the Scotland Probables side in December 1947.[6]
He was capped 8 times for Scotland.[7] He was one of only 5 Scotland internationalists who played before and after the second World War.[3]
He also played in 5 services International matches during the war; and the Victory international against England at Twickenham in 1946.[4]
He refereed the Blues Trial match against Whites Trial in the 1951–52 season.[8]
He was on the committee of North and Midlands. He was the Scottish Rugby Union president from 1973–74. He became the Aberdeen GSFP president in 1991.[3]
He was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps as an officer.[4] He saw active service with the 155 and 156 Field Ambulance companies attached to the 52 Lowland Division. When the war finished he was at the rank of Major.[3]
He continued with the military after the war in the Territorial Army.[3]
Innes completed his medical training as a doctor in 1940. He completed his residency at Woodend and Foresterhill Hospitals. He became a GP after the war at a practice in Rubislaw Terrace. He became a medical officer for HM Prison Craiginches in 1949 until he retired. He was present at Scotland's last execution in 1963.[3]
Innes died in Aberdeen on 21 January 2012 at the age of 94.[9]