James Boyd (sportsman)

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James Boyd
Personal information
Full name
James Lawrence Boyd
Born18 August 1891
Amoy, Fujian, China
Died15 June 1930(1930-06-15) (aged 38)
Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 25
Batting average 8.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 10*
Balls bowled 60
Wickets 1
Bowling average 56.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/30
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 November 2019
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
United Services ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1911 Anglo-Scots 1 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1912 Scotland 2 (0)

James Lawrence Boyd DSC (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer.

Rugby Union career[edit]

Amateur career[edit]

He played for United Services.[1]

Provincial career[edit]

He played for Anglo-Scots on 23 December 1911.[2]

International career[edit]

Boyd was selected to play rugby union for Scotland as a fly-half in 1912, making two Test appearances against England in the Five Nations Championship in March, and South Africa in November, with both matches played at Inverleith.[3]

Cricket career[edit]

In 1913 he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's.[4]

Following the war, he made a further first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1919.[4]

Family[edit]

The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy.

Military career[edit]

He was educated in England at the Royal Naval College, Osborne from where he entered into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. In 1913, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.[5]

Boyd served with the navy in the First World War, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in October 1916 in recognition of his service aboard submarines.[6]

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in April 1921,[7] with promotion to the rank of commander following in June 1926.[8] He was placed on the retired list in February 1930, on account of ill health.[9]

Death[edit]

Boyd died shortly after retiring, in June 1930, at Arosa in Switzerland.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  2. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19120111/019/0004
  3. ^ "James Boyd - Test matches". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by James Boyd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  5. ^ "No. 28710". The London Gazette. 15 April 1913. p. 2722.
  6. ^ "No. 29799". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1916. p. 10362.
  7. ^ "No. 32295". The London Gazette. 19 April 1921. p. 3091.
  8. ^ "No. 33179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1926. p. 4418.
  9. ^ "No. 33588". The London Gazette. 14 March 1930. p. 1646.

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