James William "Jumbo" Scott (24 September 1903 — 24 August 1949) was a Scottish international
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player.
Scott was educated at
Daniel Stewart's College and played for
Stewart's College FP.
A long-limbed, but mobile forward, Scott made his
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
debut in the
1925 Five Nations, playing all four matches as they claimed the grand slam for the first time.
He was a regular fixture in the team from 1925 to 1928, then played a solitary match in both of the next two years, to finish with 18 international caps.
Scott, who worked for a glass manufacturing firm, ended his career playing for
Bradford RFC and remained in the north of England post rugby. He was on the Lancashire committee and served as president of the
St Helens RUFC.
See also
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List of Scotland national rugby union players
This is a list of Scottish national rugby union players, i.e. those who have played for the Scotland national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a test match (rugby union), Test match.
In 2023, the Scottish Rugby ...
References
External links
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1903 births
1949 deaths
Scottish rugby union players
Scotland international rugby union players
Rugby union forwards
Bradford RFC players
Waterloo F.C. players
Stewart's College FP players
People educated at Stewart's Melville College
Edinburgh District (rugby union) players