David Morton (23 July 1861 – 7 May 1937) was a Scotland international rugby union player. After his playing career, he became a rugby union referee.[1]
Birth name | David Simson Morton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 July 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 7 May 1937 | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1892–1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Thomas Ainslie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Leslie Balfour-Melville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editHe played as a forward for West of Scotland.[2]
Provincial career
editHe represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in 1886.[3]
International career
editMorton was capped for Scotland from 1887; and played in 4 Home Nation Championships; the last being in 1890. Making 9 appearances, he scored 3 tries - this was an era when scoring a try only earned a single point.[1]
Referee career
editMorton refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1891.[4]
He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1891 and 1892.[5][6]
He refereed in the match between Wales and England in the 1893 Home Nations tournament.[7]
Administrative career
editMorton became the 20th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1892-93 term in office.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "David Simson Morton". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Wales v England". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.