John MacDonald (rugby union, born 1890)
Birth name | John MacKinnon MacDonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 December 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 June 1980 | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Portree, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John MacDonald (7 December 1890 – 1 June 1980) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played club rugby for Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]
Provincial career[]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1910 inter-city match. Edinburgh won the match 26–5, with MacDonald scoring a try.[3]
He played for the side against the side on 21 January 1911, while still with Edinburgh Wanderers. He scored 3 tries for the Blues, but it could not prevent a 26–19 win for the Whites.[4]
International career[]
He was capped once for the Scotland international rugby union team in 1911.[5]
References[]
- ^ "John MacKinnon Macdonald". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Macdonald - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Categories:
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Edinburgh Wanderers RFC players
- 1890 births
- 1980 deaths
- Blues Trial players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players