George Raphael Fleming
Birth name | George Raphael Fleming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 August 1850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cathcart, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 December 1909 | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1878–1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Chiene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Angus Buchanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Raphael Fleming (5 August 1850 – 13 December 1909) was a Scottish rugby union international player. He was born in Cathcart, Renfrewshire (now a suburb of Glasgow).[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Fleming played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872,[3] and also played in the 5 December 1874 match.[4]
He also represented the West of Scotland District, captaining the side.[5]
International career[edit]
He represented Scotland in the 1874–75 Home Nations rugby union matches and 1875–76 Home Nations rugby union matches.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "George Fleming - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Nigel Trueman. "Rugby Football History".
- ^ "Football: Inter-City Football Match". The Glasgow Herald. 25 November 1872. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Football". The Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18760228/032/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Fleming - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Categories:
- 1850 births
- 1909 deaths
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Rugby union forwards
- Rugby union players from Glasgow
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- West of Scotland District (rugby union) players