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John MacDonald (rugby union, born 1890)

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Scottish rugby union player (1890–1980)

Rugby player
John MacDonald
Birth nameJohn MacKinnon MacDonald
Date of birth(1890-12-07)7 December 1890
Date of death1 June 1980(1980-06-01) (aged 89)
Place of deathPortree, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1910 Edinburgh District ()
1911 Blues Trial ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1911 Scotland 1 (0)

John MacDonald (7 December 1890 – 1 June 1980) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played club rugby for Edinburgh Wanderers.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1910 inter-city match. Edinburgh won the match 26–5, with MacDonald scoring a try.

He played for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Edinburgh Wanderers. He scored 3 tries for the Blues, but it could not prevent a 26–19 win for the Whites.

International career

He was capped once for the Scotland international rugby union team in 1911.

References

  1. "John MacKinnon Macdonald". ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Macdonald - Test matches". ESPN scrum.


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