John Jamieson (rugby Union)
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John Jamieson (died 17 November 1921) was a Scottish
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
international who represented
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in the 1883 Home Nations Championship,
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and
1885 Home Nations Championship The 1885 Home Nations Championship was the third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, but the tournament was not completed. The 1885 Championship was notable for the disp ...
. He played as a forward for West of Scotland. He also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 2 December 1882 match and in the following match next year in 1883. Jamieson is noted as having 9 caps for Scotland but this counts both appearances against Ireland in 1885. Jamieson played in both the February 1885 match against Ireland which was called off after 20 minutes and in the match replayed on March 1885 in Edinburgh.


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