Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward (27 March 1916,
Galashiels
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– 5 March 1941,
Castle Bytham,
Lincolnshire
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) was a
Scotland
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international
rugby union
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player.
[Bath, p138][Scum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010] He died as the result of wounds received during
World War II
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[Bath, p109]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for
Gala
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Provincial career
He played for South of Scotland District in their match against the combined North of Scotland District on 20 November 1937.
He was scheduled to play for the Scotland Probables side in the December 1937 trial match but the match was called off due to frost. Instead, Dorward was later in the January 1938 trial, this time as a substitute for the Scotland Possibles side. He came on in the second half.
International career
He was capped five times for between 1938 and 1939.[
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Death
Pilot Officer Dorward was killed whilst serving with the RAF in World War II.CWGC entry
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Family
His brother Arthur Dorward was also capped for Scotland.[
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See also
* List of Scottish rugby union players killed in World War II
The following is a list of former international Scottish rugby union players killed in the Second World War.
* Tom Dorward, died on 5 March 1941
* Drummond Ford, died on 12 December 1942
* John Forrest, died on 14 September 1942
* George Ga ...
References
;Sources
# Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )
1916 births
1941 deaths
Gala RFC players
Royal Air Force officers
Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Rugby union players from Galashiels
Scotland international rugby union players
Scotland Possibles players
Scottish rugby union players
South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
Rugby union scrum-halves
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