George Raphael Fleming Explained

George Raphael Fleming

Birth Date:

5 August 1850

Birth Place:

Cathcart, Scotland

Death Place:

Glasgow, Scotland

Ru Position:

Forward

Ru Amateuryears:

Ru Provinceyears:

1872-76
1876

Ru Nationalteam:

Scotland

Ru Nationalyears:

1875-6

Ru Nationalcaps:

Ru Nationalpoints:

(0)

Module2:

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Office:	President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:	1878
Term End:	1879
Order:	6th

George Raphael Fleming (5 August 1850 - 13 December 1909) was a Scottish rugby union international player. He was born in Cathcart, Renfrewshire (now a suburb of Glasgow).^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Fleming played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.^[2]

Provincial career

He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872,^[3] and also played in the 5 December 1874 match.^[4]

He also represented the West of Scotland District, captaining the side.^[5]

International career

He represented Scotland in the 1874–75 Home Nations rugby union matches and 1875–76 Home Nations rugby union matches.^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: George Fleming - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum. ESPN scrum.
Web site: Rugby Football History. Nigel Trueman.
News: Football: Inter-City Football Match . The Glasgow Herald . 25 November 1872 . 11 December 2016.
News: Football . The Glasgow Herald . 7 December 1874 . 7 . Google News Archive Search. 28 September 2019.
News: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18760228/032/0006 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Fleming - Test matches. ESPN scrum.