Frank Osler Explained

Frank Osler
Birth Name:Francis Lionel Osler
Birth Date:10 February 1888
Birth Place:Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Ru Provinceyears1:1910
1911
Repteam1:Scotland
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0
Repyears1:1911
Amatyears1:-
Amatteam1:Edinburgh University

Frank Osler (10 February 1888 – 17 January 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at the Scrum-half position.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Osler played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[2]

At the end of the 1912-13 The Scottish Referee remarked on the Edinburgh University side's season:

Edinburgh University had quite a good season, but it ought to have been much better, and there is a general feeling that F. Osler should never have been dropped from the side, while the centre three-quarters were chopped and changed too frequently. The finish was disappointing, a share of the championship being let slip by successive defeats, when weakly represented, from Edinburgh Academicals and Hawick.

Provincial career

Osler played in the Inter-City match on 3 December 1910 for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District.[3]

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911 while still with Edinburgh University.[4]

He injured his ribs playing in the trial match, but there was no fracture and he was expected to then play for Scotland against Wales in the upcoming international match.[5]

International career

Osler was capped by Scotland for 2 matches in 1911.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Francis Lionel Osler.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009.
  5. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19110126/092/0006.
  6. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Frank Osler - Test matches.