George Turnbull (rugby union) explained

George Turnbull
Birth Name:George Oliver Turnbull
Birth Date:21 July 1877
Birth Place:Colinton Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland
Death Place:Brighton, England
Ru Position:Forward
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:West of Scotland
Edinburgh Wanderers
Ru Provinceyears:1895
1895
1896
1903
Ru Province:Glasgow District
Cities District
Schoolboy
Anglo-Scots
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalyears:1896-1904
Ru Nationalcaps:5
Ru Nationalpoints:(3)

George Turnbull (21 July 1877 - 14 January 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Turnbull played for West of Scotland.[2] [3]

He later played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[4]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 7 December 1895.[5]

Turnbull played for Cities District in their match against Provinces District on 28 December 1895.[6]

He played for a Schoolboy side against the Scotland Probables on Wednesday 23 January 1896.[7]

He played for the Anglo-Scots against the South of Scotland District on 26 December 1903.[4]

International career

Turnbull played for Scotland 5 times, from 1896 to 1904.[8]

Military career

He joined the British Army in India and was a captain of the 26th Punjabis.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George Oliver Turnbull. ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Turnbull - Test matches. ESPN scrum.
  9. Web site: Join Ancestry®. www.ancestry.co.uk.