Andrew Dykes was a Scottish international

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player.Bath, p138 He was capped once for in 1932, Position: Fullback. He also played for

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. He played one match for the Barbarians, in 1927. His brother Jimmy was also capped for Scotland. He was the nephew of

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, who was also capped for Scotland.

References

* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) Barbarian F.C. players Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Rugby union fullbacks {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub