Robert_Greig_(rugby_union)

Robert Greig (rugby union)

Robert Greig (rugby union)

Scotland international rugby union player

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

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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. [1]
    "Robert Coventry Greig". ESPNscrum.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    The Essential History of Rugby Union : Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003, ISBN 978-0755312726
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    "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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    "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. [7]
    "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Greig - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk.
  9. [9]
    "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
  10. [10]
    "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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