Peter Tait (19 October 1906 – 22 April 1980) was a

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international

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player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Tait played for

Royal HSFP Royal High School Former Pupils was a former Edinburgh rugby union club; but the club was re-formed as Barnton RFC and is now known as Royal High RFC. Royal HSFP was a founder member of the Scottish Rugby Union, the second oldest national gove ...

Provincial career

Tait was capped for Edinburgh District. He was supposed to play for the

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in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the

side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.

International career

Tait played in only one match for

, in 1935 against England at Murrayfield.

References

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