Tom Scott was a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
international
rugby union
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player. He played as a
Forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for
Hawick
Hawick ( ; ; ) is a town in the Scottish Borders council areas of Scotland, council area and counties of Scotland, historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east o ...
.
Provincial career
Scott played for the
South of Scotland
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* The southern portion of Scotland
** Geography of Scotland
* South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
* South of Scotland (European Parliament constituency)
* South of Scotland District (rugby uni ...
in
1898
Events
January
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.
International career
He was capped 12 times for
Scotland
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from 1893 to 1900.
References
1870 births
1930 deaths
Hawick RFC players
Rugby union players from Melrose, Scottish Borders
Scotland international rugby union players
Scottish rugby union players
South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
Rugby union forwards
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