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Jimmy Dykes (rugby union)

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Jimmy Dykes
Birth nameJames Carroll Dykes
Date of birth(1901-07-04)4 July 1901
Place of birthPartick, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death3 July 1967(1967-07-03) (aged 65)
Place of deathNairn, Scotland
Notable relative(s)Andrew Dykes, brother
John Dykes, uncle
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Glasgow Academicals ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1922-29
1925-28
Scotland
Barbarians
20
5
(20)

James Dykes was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He also played for Glasgow Academicals RFC.[1]

International career

He was capped twenty times for Scotland between 1922-29[1][2]

He played five matches for the Barbarians from 1925 to 1928.[3]

Family

His brother Andrew was also capped for Scotland.[1]

He was the nephew of John Dykes, who was also capped for Scotland.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bath, p138
  2. ^ "Scotland Player profile: Jimmy Dykes".
  3. ^ "Barbarians Player profile: J. C. Dykes".
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)