| Birth name | James Gilbert Abercrombie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 May 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 August 1992 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University. [2]
He then moved to play for Heriots. [3]
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District against Northumberland on 27 September 1950. [4]
He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in 1950. [5]
International career
He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland. [6] [7]
Medical career
After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P. [8]
References
- ^ "James Gilbert Abercrombie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
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https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19501128/045/0010 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=( help) - ^ "Full Player List".
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https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19501223/166/0007 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=( help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gibbie Abercrombie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Morrison, Lesley (1 March 2011). "Professor Ian Richardson". The British Journal of General Practice. 61 (584): 231. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X561438. PMC 3047335.
| Birth name | James Gilbert Abercrombie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 May 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 August 1992 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University. [2]
He then moved to play for Heriots. [3]
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District against Northumberland on 27 September 1950. [4]
He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in 1950. [5]
International career
He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland. [6] [7]
Medical career
After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P. [8]
References
- ^ "James Gilbert Abercrombie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
-
^
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19501128/045/0010 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=( help) - ^ "Full Player List".
-
^
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19501223/166/0007 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=( help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gibbie Abercrombie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Morrison, Lesley (1 March 2011). "Professor Ian Richardson". The British Journal of General Practice. 61 (584): 231. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X561438. PMC 3047335.