William Patrick Scott Explained

Bill Scott
Birth Name:William Patrick Scott
Birth Date:1 March 1880
Birth Place:Wishaw, Scotland
School:Fettes College
Position:Forward
Amatteam1:West of Scotland
Province1:Glasgow District
Repyears1:1900-07
Repyears2:1903
Repteam1:Scotland
Repteam2:British and Irish Lions
Repteam3:Barbarians
Repcaps1:21
Repcaps2:22
Reppoints2:9
Module2:
Embed:yes
Office:President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:1935
Term End:1936
Order:56th

William Patrick Scott (1 March 1880 – 1 June 1948)[1] was a Scotland international rugby union player, who played as a Forward.[2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Scott was born in Wishaw, and went to Fettes College.

He played for West of Scotland.[2]

Provincial career

Scott played for Glasgow District. He played in the 1902-03 Inter-City match against Edinburgh District. He match ended in a nil-nil draw.[2]

International career

Scott was capped for .[3]

He was also capped for the British and Irish Lions.[4] He went on the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa.[3] [4]

He was also selected for the Barbarians.[4]

Administrative career

Scott was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1935 and 1935.[5]

Outside of rugby

Scott was a distiller.[5]

References

Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007;)
  2. Godwin, Terry. Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987;)
  3. Massie, Allan. A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh;)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player. 11 May 2017.
  2. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 9 July 2017. 14 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614175537/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BdZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926,7109961. live.
  3. Bath, p. 117
  4. Godwin, p. 363
  5. Godwin, p. 364