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British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player
Bob Howie
Birth nameRobert. A. Howie
Date of birth(1898-06-11)11 June 1898
Place of birthGorebridge, Scotland
Date of death14 May 1992(1992-05-14) (aged 93)
Occupation(s)Rugby union referee
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Kirkcaldy ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1923-24 Midlands District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1924 British and Irish Lions 4 (0)
1924-25 Scotland 7 (0)
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
1928 Scottish Districts

Robert Howie (11 June 1898 – 14 May 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.

Provincial career

Howie was capped by Midlands District.

International career

He was capped seven times as a prop forward for Scotland between 1924 and 1925. and was selected for the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in four tests.

Referee career

He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1928.

Family

Bob Howie was the brother of Dave Howie, who also played for Kirkcaldy and gained seven national caps, but died in the First World War.

Although he and his brother gained fourteen caps between them their father, a grim farmer, never watched them once, saying:

"Rugby an' fermin' will no agree, an' A ken which'll pit mair money in yer pooch."

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)
  1. ^ Bath, p. 138
  2. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19231119/100/0010. Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Scotland/Players and Officials/Robert Howie". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  4. Bath, p. 118
  5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. Bath, p. 109
  7. Bath, p. 28
British Lions – 1924 South Africa tour
Forwards
Backs
CoachManager: Harry Packer


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