| Birth name | Robert Coventry Greig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 May 1871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 January 1951 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1903–1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Roger Davidson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Greig (30 May 1871 – 10 January 1951) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Greig played with Glasgow Academicals.[2] He was playing with the club from 1889.[3] The club had a Spring Meeting festival day in 1891. As part of that, there was a drop kick tournament to see how far the contenders could drop kick a goal. Greig won the tournament by drop kicking from 61 yards out, though it was aided by the wind.[4]
Provincial career
Greig played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 1892 inter-city match.[5]
He also played for the West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 21 January 1893.[6]
He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 23 December 1893.[7]
International career
Greig was capped twice for Scotland between 1893 and 1897.[8]
Administrative career
He became the 30th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1903 to 1904.[9]
Cricket career
He was playing for the Glasgow Academical Cricket Club in 1891.[10]
References
- ^ "Robert Coventry Greig". ESPNscrum.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union : Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003, ISBN 978-0755312726
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Greig - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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