Pat Burnet Explained

Pat Burnet
Birth Name:	Patrick John Burnet
Birth Date:	25 July 1939
Birth Place:	Edinburgh, Scotland
Ru Position:	Centre
Amatyears1:	-
Amatteam1:	Edinburgh Academicals
Amatyears2:	-
Amatteam2:	Oxford University
Repteam1:	Scotland
Repyears1:	1960
Repcaps1:	1
Reppoints1:	0
Ru Province1:	Edinburgh District
Ru Provinceyears1:	1961-
Ru Province2:	Blues Trial
Ru Provinceyears2:	1963
University:	Lincoln College, Oxford

Pat Burnet (born 25 July 1939) is a former Scotland international rugby union player who played as a Centre.^{[1] [2]}

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Academicals.^{[3] [4]}

He went to Lincoln College, Oxford, and then played rugby union for Oxford University.^[5]

Provincial career

Burnet was capped by Edinburgh District. His first Edinburgh cap came against Northumberland in 1961.^[6]

He played for Blues Trial against Whites Trial in December 1963.^{[7] [4]}

International career

Burnet was capped by Scotland just the once, in 1960, to play against South Africa.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrick John Burnet. ESPN scrum.
2. Web site: Tommy McClung - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum. ESPN scrum.
3. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
4. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
5. Web site: Register . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
6. Web site: Full Player List. Edinburgh Rugby.
7. Web site: Register . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
8. Web site: South Africa v Scotland. ESPN scrum.
9. Web site: Short and sharp: When Scotland's pioneers ventured to South Africa. Alasdair Reid, Scottish Rugby. Correspondent. www.thetimes.co.uk.