Colin Hill
Birth nameColin Cecil Pitcairn Hill
Date of birth(1887-07-17)17 July 1887
Place of birthLeslie, Fife, Scotland
Date of death9 June 1953(1953-06-09) (aged 65)
Place of deathKilbirnie, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
St. Andrews University ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1908-10
1910
1911
Midlands District
North of Scotland District
Whites Trial
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1912 Scotland 2 (0)

Colin Hill (17 July 1887 – 9 June 1953) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Forward.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

After being educated at Fettes College Hill went to St. Andrews University.[1] Hill then played rugby union for St. Andrews University.[2]

Provincial career

He played for the Midlands District in their match against North of Scotland District on 7 November 1908[3] and on 19 November 1910.[4] The day on 7 November 1908 was particularly notable for Hill as he refereed a hockey match in the morning between Dundee High School and Madras College F.P. in Dundee's Recreation Grounds; before then playing rugby union for the Midlands District that afternoon.[5]

He played for the combined North of Scotland District against the South of Scotland District on 10 December 1910.[6]

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still playing with St. Andrews University.[7]

International career

Hill played in 2 tests for Scotland.[8]

Military career

In the First World War he joined the 11 battalion of the Royal Scots as a captain and fought in France. He graduated to be a Lieutanent. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Star.[9] He later became an army chaplain.

Religious career

Hill followed his father into the ministry, was ordained in 1920[1] and became a minister of the Church of Scotland. At the time of his father's death in 1922 he was a army chaplain in India.[10][1] He held a post in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire for many years. He died in the manse.[11]

He served on the Ayrshire Education Committee for 15 years; was on the Primary promotions Board; and on the Ayrshire Educational Trust.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. https://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/2257.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match
  9. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1262/images/30850_A000742-00803?pId=4011682
  10. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. Midlands First and Latest. John Methven. H.B. Rutherford publisher. 1989.
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