Borth Todd (28 October 1888 – 31 December 1962) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Fly half.[1]
Birth name | Hugh Borthwick Todd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 October 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Innerleithen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 June 1945 | (aged 56)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Galashiels, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editTodd played for Gala, usually playing at Fly half and sometimes Inside Centre. He was to become club captain.[1]
Provincial career
editTodd played for the South of Scotland in 1910.[2]
The first outing of the Combined Scottish Districts was originally deemed a 'Glasgow and Districts' line-up, despite players from all around Scotland actually outnumbering those from Glasgow District. Todd played for the combined district side on 27 November 1912 against South Africa.[3]
Todd also played for a Borders XV against Glasgow Academicals in December 1913; missing out on selection for the South versus North match the same day.[4]
International career
editTodd was capped just the once for Scotland in 1911. Although he normally played at Fly half or Inside Centre for Gala, he was capped playing Full Back.[5]
Administrative career
editIn 1937 Todd was made President of Gala. A year later the club made him a life member.[1]
Cricket career
editTodd was noted as a hard hitting batsman.[1] He played cricket for Gala cricket club.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19101212/102/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002686/19131219/006/0001 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Borth Todd - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19150722/017/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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