Gibbie Abercrombie Explained

Gibbie Abercrombie
Birth Name:James Gilbert Abercrombie
Birth Date:9 May 1928
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Ru Position:Hooker
Repteam1:Scotland
Repyears1:1949-50
Repcaps1:7
Reppoints1:3
Ru Provinceyears1:1950
Ru Province1:Edinburgh District
Ru Provinceyears2:1950
Ru Province2:Blues Trial
Amatyears1:-
Amatteam1:Edinburgh University
Amatyears2:-
Amatteam2:Heriots

Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[2]

He then moved to play for Heriots.[3]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Northumberland on 27 September 1950.[4]

He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in 1950.[5]

International career

He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland.[6] [7]

Medical career

After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Gilbert Abercrombie. ESPN scrum.
  2. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  3. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19501128/045/0010. British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: Full Player List .
  5. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19501223/166/0007. British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gibbie Abercrombie - Test matches. ESPN scrum.
  7. Web site: Scotland v England. ESPN scrum.
  8. Professor Ian Richardson. Lesley. Morrison. 1 March 2011. The British Journal of General Practice. 61. 584. 231. 10.3399/bjgp11X561438. 3047335.