| Birth name | William Donald Campbell Laidlaw Purves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 July 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 September 1964 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Banbury, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Alex Purves, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Purves (4 July 1888 – 18 September 1964) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Cambridge University.[3]
He played for London Scottish.[2]
Provincial career
He played for Anglo-Scots district against Provinces District on 26 December 1908, while still with Cambridge University.[3]
He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 6 January 1912.[4]
He played for Blues Trial against Whites Trial on 18 January 1913.[5]
International career
He was capped six times for Scotland between 1912 and 1913.[6][2]
Family
He was the brother of Alex Purves who was also capped for Scotland.[2]
References
- ↑ "William Donald Campbell Laidlaw Purves".
- 1 2 3 4 Bath, p137
- 1 2 "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Purves - Test matches".
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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