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Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player

George Robb

Birth name

George Henry Robb

Date of birth

(1858-09-24)24 September 1858

Place of birth

Glasgow, Scotland

Date of death

15 April 1927(1927-04-15) (aged 68)

Place of death

Glasgow, Scotland

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Forward
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1880	Glasgow University		()
1881	Glasgow Academicals		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1880	Glasgow District		()
1881	West of Scotland District		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1881-85	Scotland	2	(0)

George Robb (24 September 1858 – 15 April 1927) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Robb played rugby union for Glasgow University.

He moved in season 1881–82 to play for Glasgow Academicals.

Provincial career

He was capped by Glasgow District in the inter-city match against Edinburgh District in 1880. He also played the following year in December 1881.

He was also capped by West of Scotland District in 1881.

International career

Robb was capped twice by Scotland from 1881 to 1885.

References

"George Henry Robb". ESPN scrum.
Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
"Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
"The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
"Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Robb - Test matches". ESPN scrum.

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