Jimmy Gillespie

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Jimmy Gillespie
Birth nameJohn Imrie Gillespie
Date of birth(1879-01-16)16 January 1879
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland[1]
Date of death5 December 1943(1943-12-05) (aged 64)
Occupation(s)chartered accountant
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half-back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1899–1904
1903		 Scotland
British and Irish Lions		 10
3		 (27)
(4)
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
- Home Nations

John Imrie Gillespie (16 January 1879 – 5 December 1943[2]), known as Jimmy Gillespie, was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[3][4]

Rugby Union career[]

Amateur career[]

At club level he played for Edinburgh Academicals.[3][4][5]

Provincial career[]

He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1898.[5]

International career[]

Gillespie was selected for the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa[3][4] and finished the tour as the top Test scorer for the touring team. He played in 19 matches during the tour including all three test games against South Africa. He scored 13 conversions and a single try on the tour,[6] and amassed four points in the first Test, the British failing to score in the second and third tests.

Referee career[]

He later became a successful referee, including two Wales vs England internationals, one in 1907, and the other in 1911.[4]

Outside of rugby[]

Gillespie was a chartered accountant.

Bibliography[]

  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  • Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
  • Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

Notes[]

  1. ^ "John Imrie Gillespie". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ John Gillespie player profile Scrum.com
  3. ^ a b c Bath, p117
  4. ^ a b c d Godwin, p164
  5. ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. ^ Lions profile lionsrugby.com
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