Christian Melville
| Birth name | Christian Landale Melville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 December 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 April 1984 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christian Melville (9 December 1913 – 23 April 1984) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Melville played for the Black Watch and the Army.[2]
Provincial career
He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.[3]
International career
He was capped 3 times for Scotland, all in 1937.[4]
Military career
Melville was in the Black Watch where he was a Lieutenant Colonel. He was awarded the DSO in 1945.[5]
References
- ^ http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/4474.html
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
- ^ http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/4474.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19450413/010/0002
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.
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