George Horsburgh Explained

George Horsburgh
Birth Name:George Brown Horsburgh
Birth Date:27 October 1910
Birth Place:Stirling, Scotland
Death Place:London, England
Ru Position:Lock
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:Stirling HSFP
London Scottish
Ru Provinceyears:1938
1938
Ru Province:Scotland Probables
Scotland Possibles
Ru Nationalyears:1937-39
Ru Nationalcaps:9
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

George Horsburgh (27 October 1910 – 10 March 1986) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Lock.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He first played for Stirling HSFP before moving to London.[2]

He played for London Scottish.[3]

Provincial career

He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. When the second trial match went ahead in January 1938 as planned Horsburgh started for the Probables side. However, in the second half of the match Horsbugh played for Scotland Possibles.

International career

Horsburgh was capped by Scotland 9 times, all in the period between 1937 and 1939.[4]

Administrative career

After his playing career ended, he joined the board committee of London Scottish.[2]

Military career

Horsburgh joined the Army.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Murray Inglis. ESPN scrum.
  2. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19860320/164/0018. British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  4. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Horsburgh - Test matches. ESPN scrum.