William Renwick (rugby union)

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William Renwick
Birth nameWilliam Norman Renwick
Date of birth(1914-11-29)29 November 1914
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death15 June 1944(1944-06-15) (aged 29)
Place of deathBolsena, Italy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
1938		 Edinburgh District
Scotland Possibles		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1938-39 Scotland 2 (6)

William Norman Renwick (29 November 1914 – 15 June 1944) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who was killed in World War II at Bolsena.[1][2]

Rugby Union career[edit]

Amateur career[edit]

He played for Edinburgh Wanderers and London Scottish FC.[1]

Provincial career[edit]

He represented Edinburgh District.[3]

He played for the Scotland Possibles side in their trial match against the Scotland Probables on 15 January 1938.[4]

International career[edit]

He was capped twice for Scotland between 1938 and 1939, scoring two tries.[1][2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Bath, p109
  2. ^ a b Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

External links[edit]


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