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Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[2]

He then moved to play for Heriots.[3]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Northumberland on 27 September 1950.[4]

He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in 1950.[5]

International career

He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland.[6][7]

Medical career

After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P.[8]

References

  1. ^ "James Gilbert Abercrombie". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19501128/045/0010 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Full Player List".
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19501223/166/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gibbie Abercrombie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  7. ^ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
  8. ^ Morrison, Lesley (1 March 2011). "Professor Ian Richardson". The British Journal of General Practice. 61 (584): 231. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X561438. PMC 3047335.
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