James Veitch (rugby union)
| Birth name | James Pringle Veitch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 September 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Penicuik, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 January 1917 (aged 54) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Blackburn, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Veitch (1862-1917) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
He played for Royal HSFP.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1883 inter-city match.[3]
He played for East of Scotland District in the 30 January 1886 match against West of Scotland District.[4]
International career[edit]
He was capped 8 times for Scotland in the period 1882 to 1886.[5]
Family[edit]
He was born to Agnes Pringle and Andrew Veitch.
References[edit]
- ^ "James Pringle Veitch". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - James Veitch - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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