Bob Grieve

Bob Grieve (1 February 1911 - 13 August 2000) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Bob Grieve

Birth name	Robert George Moir Grieve
Date of birth	1 February 1911
Place of birth	St Boswells, Scotland
Date of death	13 August 2000 (aged 89)
Place of death	Chiltern District, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Kelso () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1936 1938 1938 South of Scotland District Scotland Possibles Scotland Probables () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1935-36 Scotland 7 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Grieve played for Kelso.[2]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District against North of Scotland District on 21 November 1936.[3]

He was due to play for the South of Scotland District against the combined North of Scotland side on 20 November 1937 but he had to withdraw due to an ankle injury.[4]

He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He impressed the selectors in the first half and then turned out for the Probables in the second half.[5]

International career

He was capped 7 times for Scotland, between 1935 and 1936.[6]

Although not Kelso's first Scotland international, when Grieve was first capped in 1935 along with his teammate Gordon Cottington, this was the first time that Kelso provided 2 players in the same Scotland squad.[7]

Administrative career

After his playing career ended he became a selector for the South of Scotland District. He was deemed one of the 'big five' South selectors: along with A. Bowie (Hawick), J. D. H. Hastie (Melrose), T. Henderson (Selkirk) and G. Wood (Gala).[8]

He also was a selector for Kelso.[9]

Business career

Grieve was a building contractor. He hit the headlines of the Jedburgh Gazette on 1 April 1938 for non-rugby reasons when he paid the fine of one of his employees, George Scott, after Scott had a drunken feud with his own brother and he was arrested for breach of the peace. Grieve was dubbed a 'good samaritan'.[10]

He made the Hawick Express of 17 January 1951 for rather more unfortunate reasons when they reported that Grieve was in a car-crash at St. Boswells the week before, and that Grieve ended up in hospital as a result.[11]

References

1. "Robert George Moir Grieve". ESPN scrum.
2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19361123/329/0004
4. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
5. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bob Grieve - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
7. https://www.kelsorfc.co.uk/about-us
8. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
9. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
10. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
11. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.