Donald Scott (rugby union)

Donald Scott (born 15 April 1928 in Langholm, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Normally a centre, he also played on the wing.

Donald Scott
Birth nameDonald Macdonald Scott
Date of birth(1928-04-15)15 April 1928
Place of birthLangholm, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Wing
Amateur team(s)
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Provincial / State sides
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National team(s)
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1950–53
10 (0)

Rugby career

Amateur career

Scott played for – and was internationally capped whilst at – Langholm and Watsonians.[1]

Provincial career

He broke through while playing with Langholm to play for the South. He was part of the South team that beat North 10 points to 9 on 11 November 1950.[2]

Whilst with Watsonians he played for Edinburgh District. He played in the 1952–53 season's Inter-City match but lost to Glasgow District.[3]

He played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship in its first season. In that 1953–54 season, Edinburgh District won the first championship.[4]

International career

He was capped for Scotland ten times from 1950 to 1953, playing in nine Five Nations matches. He was capped at Centre and Wing.[5]

He never scored an international try, though during the Five Nations match against England in 1950, both he and teammate Donald Sloan pounced on a high kick over the try line. As both got up, Scott patted Sloan on the back and the try was awarded to Sloan.[6][7]

Scott also played in Scotland's 44–0 defeat to South Africa in 1951. He remembered: "When I played in any match there were three things I thought the man opposite me might do:- they would run at me and try to beat me; they would run at me and pass the ball; or they would kick the ball. Well, the South Africans did all that, but they also did something I had never seen before: they ran into you. They looked at you and said: come and take me. You watch rugby now and it is all about contact, and laying the ball off in different ways. That was the first time I saw that approach."[8]

Outside of rugby

Scott was a teacher at George Watson's College. He coached the school's 1st XV at rugby union.[9]

References
  1. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  2. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  3. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  4. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  5. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Donald Scott – Test matches".
  6. "'Rock steady gentleman' of the rugby pitch passes away".
  7. "Scotland v England".
  8. "Scotland v South Africa: History offers red-blooded taste of battle".
  9. "Gavin Hastings: 'You learn more from defeat than victory'".
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