Jock Beattie Explained

Jock Beattie
Birth Name:John Armstrong Beattie
Birth Date:5 January 1907
Birth Place:Hawick, Scotland
Death Place:Hawick, Scotland
Ru Position:Lock
Amatyears1:-
Amatteam1:Hawick Linden
Amatyears2:-
Amatteam2:Hawick
Amatyears3:-
Amatteam3:Co-Optimists
Ru Provinceyears1:-
Ru Province1:South of Scotland District
Ru Provinceyears2:1938
Ru Province2:Scotland Possibles
Ru Provinceyears3:1938
Ru Province3:Scotland Probables
Repteam1:Scotland
Repyears1:1929 - 36
Repcaps1:23
Reppoints1:0
Repteam2:Barbarians

Jock Beattie (5 January 1907 – 10 February 1977) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Beattie played for Hawick Linden.[2]

He then played for Hawick.[2]

He played for the Co-Optimists.[2]

Provincial career

Beattie captained the South of Scotland District side.[2]

He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He impressed the selectors in the first half and then turned out for the Probables in the second half.[3]

International career

He played for Scotland 23 times in the period 1929 to 1936.[4]

He also represented the Barbarians.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Armstrong Beattie. ESPN scrum.
  2. Web site: Greens greats: Jock Beattie, 'the hardest forward ever seen'. May 29, 2020.
  3. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004. British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Beattie - Test matches. ESPN scrum.