James Boyd (sportsman) explained

Country:Scotland
Fullname:James Lawrence Boyd
Birth Date:18 August 1891
Birth Place:Amoy, Fujian, China
Death Place:Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
Batting:Unknown
Bowling:Unknown
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:2
Runs1:25
Bat Avg1:8.33
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:10
Deliveries1:60
Wickets1:1
Bowl Avg1:56.00
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:1/30
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Date:26 November
Year:2019
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9918.html Cricinfo
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Embed:yes
Ru Position:Fly-half
Ru Amateurclubs:United Services
Ru Provinceyears:1911
Ru Province:Anglo-Scots
Ru Provincecaps:1
Ru Provincepoints:(0)
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalyears:1912
Ru Nationalcaps:2
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

James Lawrence Boyd (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for United Services.[1]

Provincial career

He played for Anglo-Scots on 23 December 1911.[2]

International career

Boyd was selected to play rugby union for Scotland as a fly-half in 1912, making two Test appearances against England in the Five Nations Championship in March, and South Africa in November, with both matches played at Inverleith.[3]

Cricket career

In 1913 he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's.[4]

Following the war, he made a further first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1919.[4]

Family

The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy.

Military career

He was educated in England at the Royal Naval College, Osborne from where he entered into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. In 1913, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

Boyd served with the navy in the First World War, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in October 1916 in recognition of his service aboard submarines.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in April 1921, with promotion to the rank of commander following in June 1926. He was placed on the retired list in February 1930, on account of ill health.

Death

Boyd died shortly after retiring, in June 1930, at Arosa in Switzerland.

Notes and References

  1. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  2. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19120111/019/0004
  3. Web site: James Boyd - Test matches . ESPNscrum . 2019-11-30.
  4. Web site: First-Class Matches played by James Boyd . CricketArchive . 2019-11-30.