Peter Tait (rugby union) explained

Peter Tait
Birth Name:Peter Webster Tait
Birth Date:19 October 1906
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Death Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Ru Position:Hooker
Ru Amateurclubs:Royal HSFP
Ru Provinceyears:1937
1938
Ru Nationalyears:1935
Ru Nationalcaps:1
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

Peter Tait (19 October 1906 – 22 April 1980) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Tait played for Royal HSFP.[2]

Provincial career

Tait was capped for Edinburgh District.[3]

He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.[4]

International career

Tait played in only one match for Scotland, in 1935 against England at Murrayfield.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Webster Tait. ESPN scrum.
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: Register . March 16, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Peter Tait - Test matches. ESPN scrum.