Rugby player
Birth name | Leonard West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1879-05-31)31 May 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Allerton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 January 1945(1945-01-26) (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Hoddesdon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leonard West (31 May 1879 – 26 January 1945) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh University.
He played for Carlisle.
He played for London Scottish.
He played for West Hartlepool.
Provincial career
He represented Edinburgh District in December 1902 against Glasgow District in the inter-city match.
He played for Cities District in January 1903 against Provinces District.
While with Carlisle, he turned out for Anglo-Scots on 24 December 1904.
International career
He received 9 caps for Scotland.
Medical career
He obtained his medical degree from Edinburgh University in 1903.
Family
He was the son of Thomas Edward West (1833–1901). Thomas was a barrister at law.
His mother was Mary Cordelia Parrinton (1844–1908).
References
- "Leonard West". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19041224/060/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - "Full Player List". Edinburgh Rugby.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19030126/067/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Leonard West - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- "Edinburgh University Medical Passes". Edinburgh Evening News. 27 June 1903. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Deaths". The Scotsman. 29 January 1945. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1879 births
- 1945 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union forwards
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Carlisle RFC players
- West Hartlepool R.F.C. players
- London Scottish F.C. players
- Edinburgh University RFC players
- Cities District players
- Scottish Exiles (rugby union) players
- Anglo-Scots
- Rugby union players from Bradford
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh