Robert Greig (rugby union)

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Robert Greig
Birth nameRobert Coventry Greig
Date of birth(1871-05-30)30 May 1871
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death10 January 1951(1951-01-10) (aged 79)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half Back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1889 Glasgow Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1892
1893
1893		 Glasgow District
West of Scotland District
Cities District		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1893-97 Scotland 2 (0)
30th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1903–1904
Preceded byRoger Davidson
Succeeded byJohn Simpson

Robert Greig (30 May 1871 – 10 January 1951) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career[]

Amateur career[]

Greig played with Glasgow Academicals.[2] He was playing with the club from 1889.[3] The club had a Spring Meeting festival day in 1891. As part of that, there was a drop kick tournament to see how far the contenders could drop kick a goal. Greig won the tournament by drop kicking from 61 yards out, though it was aided by the wind.[4]

Provincial career[]

Greig played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 1892 inter-city match.[5]

He also played for the West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 21 January 1893.[6]

He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 23 December 1893.[7]

International career[]

Greig was capped twice for Scotland between 1893 and 1897.[8]

Administrative career[]

He became the 30th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1903 to 1904.[9]

Cricket career[]

He was playing for the Glasgow Academical Cricket Club in 1891.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Robert Coventry Greig".
  2. ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18891028/047/0010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18910511/009/0001. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AJJEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jLUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3242%2C7102638[bare URL]
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18930123/006/0001. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18931225/008/0003. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Greig - Test matches".
  9. ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf[bare URL]
  10. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18910701/078/0006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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