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Robin Welsh
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Robin Welsh (20 October 1869 – 21 October 1934)[2] was a Scottish sportsman who represented the Royal Caledonian Curling Club as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland in tennis[3] and played international rugby union for Scotland.[4]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Watsonians.[5]
Provincial career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh District.[6] He also played for Cities District.[7]
International career
[edit]He was capped four times for Scotland between 1895 and 1896.[8]
Referee career
[edit]He was an international referee. He refereed the England versus Ireland match in 1902;[9] the Wales versus England match in 1903;[10] and the Ireland versus England match in 1905.[11]
He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship.[12][13][14]
Administrative career
[edit]He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1925 to 1926.[15]
Curling career
[edit]He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Curling History: Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics: Part 1 – The GB Curlers". 6 November 2013.
- ^ Robin Welsh rugby profile Scrum.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robin Welsh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Robin Welsh | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Robin Welsh – Test matches".
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – England v Ireland at Leicester".
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Wales v England at Swansea".
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Ireland v England at Cork".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
External links
[edit]- Robin Welsh at World Curling
- Robin Welsh at ESPNscrum (archived)
- Robin Welsh at Olympics.com
- Robin Welsh at Olympedia
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