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Robert Howie (11 June 1898 – 14 May 1992) was a Шаблон:Nrut international rugby union player. He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.[1]

Provincial career

Howie was capped by Midlands District.[2]

International career

He was capped seven times as a prop forward for Шаблон:Nrut between 1924 and 1925.[3] and was selected for the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in four tests.[4]

Referee career

He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1928.[5]

Family

Bob Howie was the brother of Dave Howie, who also played for Kirkcaldy and gained seven national caps, but died in the First World War.[6]

Although he and his brother gained fourteen caps between them their father, a grim farmer, never watched them once, saying:

"Rugby an' fermin' will no agree, an' A ken which'll pit mair money in yer pooch."[7]

References

  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 Шаблон:ISBN)
  • Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; Шаблон:ISBN)

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Bath, p. 138
  2. Шаблон:Cite web
  3. Шаблон:Cite web
  4. Bath, p. 118
  5. Шаблон:Cite web
  6. Bath, p. 109
  7. Bath, p. 28