Harry Lind (27 March 1906 – 18 December 1986, DunfermlinePlayer profile
on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010) was a

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

His club was Dunfermline RFC.

Provincial career

Lind represented the Midlands District.

International career

He was capped 16 times for

between 1928 and 1936 at centre.McLaren, Bill ''Talking of Rugby'' (1991, Stanley Paul, London )''Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football'', p34 In Scotland's

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win in 1933, when they beat 8-6 by two drop-goals (four points each in those days) to two tries (three points in those days), Lind contributed the winning goal: :"Ireland were pressing on the Scottish line and leading by 6-4 when suddenly the Scottish forwards ignited a foot-rush from their own line to the Irish '25'.

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was one who had to go in to try and stop the rush and when he got up, there was Harry Lind of Dunfermline slotting the winning drop-goal. 'It was some foot-rush', I remember that great Irishman saying, 'Forwards really could control the dribble in those days."

Referee career

After his playing career, Lind became a

referee.

References

;Sources # Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) # Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) ''The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records''. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. # Godwin, Terry ''Complete Who's Who of International Rugby'' (Cassell, 1987, ) # Jones, J.R. ''Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football'' (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ) # Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) 1906 births 1986 deaths Dunfermline RFC players Midlands District players Rugby union players from Dunfermline Scotland international rugby union players Scottish Districts referees Scottish rugby union players Scottish rugby union referees {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub