James Boyd (sportsman)

James Lawrence Boyd (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer.

Amateur career
He played for United Services.

Provincial career
He played for Anglo-Scots on 23 December 1911.

International career
Boyd was selected to play rugby union for Scotland as a fly-half in 1912, making two Test appearances against England in the Five Nations Championship in March, and South Africa in November, with both matches played at Inverleith.

Cricket career
In 1913 he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's.

Following the war, he made a further first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1919.

Family
The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy.

Military career
He was educated in England at the Royal Naval College, Osborne from where he entered into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. In 1913, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

Boyd served with the navy in the First World War, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in October 1916 in recognition of his service aboard submarines.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in April 1921, with promotion to the rank of commander following in June 1926. He was placed on the retired list in February 1930, on account of ill health.

Death
Boyd died shortly after retiring, in June 1930, at Arosa in Switzerland.