Rugby player
| Birth name | James Murdo Tolmie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1895-11-20)20 November 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | New York City, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 March 1955(1955-03-09) (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jimmy Tolmie (20 November 1895 – 9 March 1955) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Tolmie went to the High School of Glasgow from 1907 to 1912.
He played rugby union for Glasgow HSFP from 1913 onwards.
He was noted as a resolute player, showing 'determination to go for the line at whatever cost to himself, his opponents, the corner flag, or the spectators'.
Provincial career
He played for Glasgow District in the 1919 inter-city match.
International career
He received one cap for Scotland, in 1922.
His solitary cap came after his clubmate, and rival for the Scotland place, Arthur Browning was injured in a match against Heriots.
Military career
He enlisted soon after the First World War began. He was mentioned twice in despatches.
Family
His father was Murdo Tolmie from Dingwall in Ross-shire, and his mother Elizabeth Masterton (c.1860–1945). He married Isobel Hunter Scott.
Death
He died on 9 March 1955 and is buried in Biggar churchyard in South Lanarkshire.
References
- "James Murdo Tolmie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Chocolate and Gold. 100 years of rugby. 1884–1984. Glasgow High Kelvinside. 1984
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
- "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Jimmy Tolmie – Test matches". ESPN scrum.