Jimmy Tolmie
| Birth name | James Murdo Tolmie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 November 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | New York City, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 March 1955 (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jimmy Tolmie (20 November 1895 – 9 March 1955) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Tolmie went to the High School of Glasgow from 1907 to 1912.[2]
He played rugby union for Glasgow HSFP from 1913 onwards.[3]
He was noted as a resolute player, showing 'determination to go for the line at whatever cost to himself, his opponents, the corner flag, or the spectators'.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for Glasgow District in the 1919 inter-city match.[4]
International career[edit]
He received one cap for Scotland, in 1922.[5]
His solitary cap came after his clubmate, and rival for the Scotland place, Arthur Browning was injured in a match against Heriots.[2]
Military career[edit]
He enlisted soon after the First World War began. He was mentioned twice in despatches.[2]
Family[edit]
His father was Murdo Tolmie from Dingwall in Ross-shire, and his mother Elizabeth Masterton (c.1860–1945).[2] He married Isobel Hunter Scott.
Death[edit]
He died on 9 March 1955 and is buried in Biggar churchyard in South Lanarkshire.
References[edit]
- ^ "James Murdo Tolmie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c d e Chocolate and Gold. 100 years of rugby. 1884–1984. Glasgow High Kelvinside. 1984
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Jimmy Tolmie – Test matches". ESPN scrum.