Tom Dorward
| Birth name | Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 March 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Galashiels, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 March 1941 (aged 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Castle Bytham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Arthur Dorward, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward (27 March 1916, Galashiels – 5 March 1941, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2] He died as the result of wounds received during World War II.[3]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Provincial career
[edit]He played for South of Scotland District in their match against the combined North of Scotland District on 20 November 1937.[4]
He was scheduled to play for the Scotland Probables side in the December 1937 trial match but the match was called off due to frost. Instead, Dorward was later in the January 1938 trial, this time as a substitute for the Scotland Possibles side. He came on in the second half.[5]
International career
[edit]He was capped five times for Scotland between 1938 and 1939.[1][2]
Death
[edit]Pilot Officer Dorward was killed whilst serving with the RAF in World War II.[6]
Family
[edit]His brother Arthur Dorward was also capped for Scotland.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bath, p138
- ^ a b Scum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^ Bath, p109
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ CWGC entry
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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- 1916 births
- 1941 deaths
- Gala RFC players
- Royal Air Force officers
- Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- Rugby union players from Galashiels
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scotland Possibles players
- Scottish rugby union players
- South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs