Bob Howie
Robert Howie (11 June 1898 – 14 May 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.[1]
| Birth name | Robert. A. Howie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | June 11, 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gorebridge, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 May 1992 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby union referee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.[1]
Provincial career
Howie was capped by Midlands District.[2]
International career
He was capped seven times as a prop forward for Scotland between 1924–25.[3] and was selected for the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in four tests.[4]
Referee career
He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1928.[5]
Family
Bob Howie was the brother of Dave Howie, who also played for Kirkcaldy and gained seven national caps, but died in the First World War.[6]
Although he and his brother gained fourteen caps between them their father, a grim farmer, never watched them once, saying:
- "Rugby an' fermin' will no agree, an' A ken which'll pit mair money in yer pooch."[7]
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
- Bath, p138
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19231119/100/0010
- "Scotland/Players and Officials/Robert Howie". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- Bath, p118
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aINQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LDQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2091%2C223650
- Bath, p109
- Bath, p28
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.