George Raphael Fleming
| Birth name | George Raphael Fleming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 August 1850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cathcart, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 December 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Raphael Fleming (05 August 1850 – 13 December 1909) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1874–75 Home Nations rugby union matches and 1875–76 Home Nations rugby union matches.[1] He was born in Cathcart, Renfrewshire (now a suburb of Glasgow).[2]
Fleming played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.[3] He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872,[4] and also played in the 5 December 1874 match.[5]
References
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Fleming - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "George Fleming - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Nigel Trueman. "Rugby Football History".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".