Rugby player
| Birth name | William Donald Campbell Laidlaw Purves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1888-07-04)4 July 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 September 1964(1964-09-19) (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Banbury, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Alex Purves, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Purves (4 July 1888 – 18 September 1964) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Cambridge University.
He played for London Scottish.
Provincial career
He played for Anglo-Scots district against Provinces District on 26 December 1908, while still with Cambridge University.
He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 6 January 1912.
He played for Blues Trial against Whites Trial on 18 January 1913.
International career
He was capped six times for Scotland between 1912 and 1913.
Family
He was the brother of Alex Purves who was also capped for Scotland.
References
- "William Donald Campbell Laidlaw Purves".
- ^ Bath, p137
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Purves - Test matches".
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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