George Ritchie (rugby union, born 1909)

George Ritchie
Birth name	George Ritchie
Date of birth	1909
Date of death	1993 (aged 83–84)
School	High School of Dundee; Strathallan School
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Number Eight
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
-	Dundee HSFP
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1930	Midlands District
International career
Years	Team
1932	Scotland

George Fraser Ritchie (1909–1993) was a Scottish rugby union player.^[1]^[2] His regular playing position was Number 8.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

George Ritchie was educated at the High School of Dundee and Strathallan School in Perthshire.^[3] He played his club rugby for Dundee HSFP and was captain for three years between 1928 and 1931.^[4]

Provincial career

Ritchie played for Midlands District.^[5]

International career

Ritchie was capped once in 1932 for Scotland at number eight.^[2] He was named in the Scottish trial team of January 1930 but had to wait two years before gaining his cap.^[6] Scotland lost to England 16–3 at Twickenham on 19 March.^[2] He was the grandfather of noted Scottish rugby player Andy Nicol.^[1]

Sources

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)

References

^ ^a ^b Bath, p140
^ ^a ^b ^c "George Ritchie". ESPNscrum. 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ "Rugby Internationalists" (PDF). Strathallan School. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
^ "Presidents and Captains". Dundee HSFP. 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Jubilee". Dundee HSFP. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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[Bath1-1] Bath, p140

[espn-2] "George Ritchie". ESPNscrum. 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

[strathallan-3] "Rugby Internationalists" (PDF). Strathallan School. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

[dhsfp-4] "Presidents and Captains". Dundee HSFP. 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

[5] "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[dhsfp2-6] "Jubilee". Dundee HSFP. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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