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Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player

Gibbie Abercrombie

Birth name

James Gilbert Abercrombie

Date of birth

(1928-05-09)9 May 1928

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland

Date of death

23 August 1992(1992-08-23) (aged 64)

Place of death

Auckland, New Zealand

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Hooker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	Edinburgh University		()
-	Heriots		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1950	Edinburgh District		()
1950	Blues Trial		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1949-50	Scotland	7	(3)

Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University.

He then moved to play for Heriots.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Northumberland on 27 September 1950.

He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in 1950.

International career

He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland.

Medical career

After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P.

References

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