George Roberts (13 February 1914 – 2 August 1943) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who died working on the

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at Kanchanaburi in Thailand.Bath, p109Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for

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Provincial career

He represented Edinburgh District. He played for

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in their trial match against

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in January 1938, coming on as a substitute in the second half.

International career

He was capped five times for between 1938 and 1939.

References

;Sources # Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) # Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; )

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