Jock Waters

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Jock Waters
Birth nameJohn Alexander Waters
Date of birth(1908-11-11)11 November 1908
Place of birthMusselburgh, Scotland
Date of death29 September 1990(1990-09-29) (aged 81)
Place of deathSelkirk, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1925- Selkirk ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931
1938		 South of Scotland District
 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1933-37
1938		 Scotland
British and Irish Lions		 16
1		 (0)
(0)

Jock Waters (11 November 1908 - 29 September 1990) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He also played one match for the British and Irish Lions.[1]

Rugby Union career[]

Amateur career[]

Waters played for Selkirk.[1]

Provincial career[]

Waters first played for the South of Scotland District in November 1931.[2]

The Southern Reporter of 26 November 1931 noted his debut:

Since he joined the team [Selkirk] six seasons ago the Souter captain has held a place in the first XV consistently, and for some time past all who know his worth have felt that a trial was overdue. He must very nearly the heaviest end tallest forward the Borders, if does not head the list, and he is an excellent man in every department of the forward game. Apart from his great personal popularity, is a great leader for the Selkirk pack and excellent skipper. His appearance Saturday, therefore, was the tit-bit of the trial so far as Selkirk was concerned. Some may have been disappointed with his form, but judged from the point of view of solid worth, and not superficial flashiness, fully justified his selection. One feels, however. that was not at his best. The game played, though, was one which did not tend to catch the eye, for he was always in the thick of things and a hard worker throughout, the result being that did not figure in the spectacular type of game which often gives an erroneous impression of a forward’s worth. The South backs were the scoring department at Philiphaugh. and the forwards' job was therefore to do the grinding work for which recognition is often meagre. Waters has certainly merited future trial by his sterling display.

He was supposed to play for the 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 side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.[3]

International career[]

He made 16 international appearances for Scotland.[4]

He was on the 1936 British Lions tour to Argentina but not used. He later went on the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in one match.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Bath, p118
  2. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19311126/144/0007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jack Waters - Test matches".
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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