James Woodburn
Birth name | James Cowan Woodburn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 April 1870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 May 1903 | (aged 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Woodburn (21 April 1870 – 1 May 1903) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Three-Quarters
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Woodburn played for Kelvinside Academicals.[1]
Provincial career[]
He played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 17 December 1892 Inter-City match. This was in the middle of an unbeaten spell in the Inter-City for Glasgow; and Glasgow District won the match by 1 goal & 1 try to 3 tries (in an era when goals were predominate over tries).[2]
International career[]
Woodburn played one match for Scotland. This was the Home Nations match against Ireland at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on 20 February 1892.[3] Scotland won the match 2 - 0.[4]
References[]
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - James Woodburn - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland". ESPN scrum.
Categories:
- 1870 births
- 1903 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union three-quarters
- Kelvinside Academicals RFC players
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players
- Rugby union players from Glasgow