James Lawrence Boyd DSC (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer.
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| Full name | James Lawrence Boyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1891 Amoy, Fujian, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 June 1930 (aged 38) Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
He played for United Services.[1]
Provincial career edit
He played for Anglo-Scots on 23 December 1911.[2]
International career edit
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.[3]
Cricket career edit
In 1913 he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's.[4]
Following the war, he made a further first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1919.[4]
Family edit
The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy.
Military career edit
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.[5]
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.[6]
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in April 1921,[7] with promotion to the rank of commander following in June 1926.[8] He was placed on the retired list in February 1930, on account of ill health.[9]
Death edit
Boyd died shortly after retiring, in June 1930, at Arosa in Switzerland.
References edit
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19120111/019/0004
- ^ "James Boyd - Test matches". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by James Boyd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "No. 28710". The London Gazette. 15 April 1913. p. 2722.
- ^ "No. 29799". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1916. p. 10362.
- ^ "No. 32295". The London Gazette. 19 April 1921. p. 3091.
- ^ "No. 33179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1926. p. 4418.
- ^ "No. 33588". The London Gazette. 14 March 1930. p. 1646.