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Herbert Leggatt

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Herbert Leggatt
Birth nameHerbert Thomas Owen Leggatt
Date of birth(1868-10-26)26 October 1868
Place of birthVellore, India
Date of death23 May 1945(1945-05-23) (aged 76)
Place of deathBirkdale, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1890
1891
1892
Edinburgh District
East of Scotland District
Cities District
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1891–94 Scotland 9 (1)

Herbert Leggatt (26 October 1868 – 23 May 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played for Watsonians.[2]

Provincial career

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He played for Edinburgh District in the 1890 inter-city match.[3]

He played for East of Scotland District that same season in 1891.[4]

He played for Cities District against the Anglo-Scots in 1892.[5]

International career

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He made his debut with the national team during the game Scotland v Wales at Edinburgh, 7 Feb 1891. His last game was Scotland v England at Edinburgh, 17 Mar 1894 He played 9 international games between 1891 and 1894.[6]

Family

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He was born in Madras Presidency, India on 26 Oct 1868 to George Russell Leggatt and Catherine Ann Pritchard.

Death

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Herbert Thomas Owen Leggatt passed away on 23 May 1945 in Southport, Lancashire, England.

References

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  1. ^ "Herbert Thomas Owen Leggatt". ESPNscrum.
  2. ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18910120/087/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18921226/010/0001
  6. ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Herbert Leggatt – Test matches". ESPNscrum.