Jack Watherston
| Full name | Jack Greenshields Watherston | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 August 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 November 1990 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Roxburghshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Sedbergh School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Corpus Christi College | ||||||||||||||||
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Jack Greenshields Watherston (24 August 1909 — 17 November 1990) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Born in Edinburgh, Watherston was educated at Sedbergh School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1]
A flanker, Watherston gained blues in varsity rugby at Cambridge University. He played his rugby in Scotland for Edinburgh Wanderers and Jedburgh. In 1934, Watherston was capped twice for Scotland during their Home Nations campaign, against Ireland at Murrayfield and England at Twickenham.[2]
Watherson's daughter Diana was married to British peer Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon. His grandson Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon, is a Member of the House of Lords.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Two Cambridge Blues". The Daily Telegraph. 5 November 1931.
- ^ "Scotland's Team Changes". The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 1934.
- ^ "Earl of Devon's son to marry". Herald Express. 21 February 1967.
External links
[edit]- Jack Watherston at ESPNscrum