James Walker (sportsman)
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James George Walker (9 October 1859 – 24 March 1923), was a Scottish rugby football player, and cricket player.[1][2][3]
Walker was born in Tradeston, Glasgow. He was capped twice for Scotland between 1882-83.[1][3] He also played for West of Scotland FC.[1]
He was the brother of Archibald Walker who was also capped for Scotland.[1]
Walker also played first-class cricket with Oxford University, Middlesex and represented the Scotland national cricket team.[2]
He died in Nether Auchendrane.
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
- CricketArchive profile
- ESPN-Scrum profile
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bath, p137
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bath, p104
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 26 February 2010
See also
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