John MacDonald (7 December 1890 – 1 June 1980) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | John MacKinnon MacDonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 December 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 June 1980 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Portree, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
He played club rugby for Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]
Provincial career edit
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1910 inter-city match. Edinburgh won the match 26–5, with MacDonald scoring a try.[3]
He played for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Edinburgh Wanderers. He scored 3 tries for the Blues, but it could not prevent a 26–19 win for the Whites.[4]
International career edit
He was capped once for the Scotland international rugby union team in 1911.[5]
References edit
- ^ "John MacKinnon Macdonald". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "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 - John Macdonald - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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