Colin Hill (rugby union)

Colin Hill (17 July 1887 – 9 June 1953) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Forward.

Colin Hill

Birth name	Colin Cecil Pitcairn Hill
Date of birth	17 July 1887
Place of birth	Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Date of death	9 June 1953 (aged 65)
Place of death	Kilbirnie, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) St. Andrews University () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1908-10 1910 1911 Midlands District North of Scotland District Whites Trial () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1912 Scotland 2 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

After being educated at Fettes College Hill went to St. Andrews University.[1] Hill then played rugby union for St. Andrews University.[2]

Provincial career

He played for the Midlands District in their match against North of Scotland District on 7 November 1908[3] and on 19 November 1910.[4] The day on 7 November 1908 was particularly notable for Hill as he refereed a hockey match in the morning between Dundee High School and Madras College F.P. in Dundee's Recreation Grounds; before then playing rugby union for the Midlands District that afternoon.[5]

He played for the combined North of Scotland District against the South of Scotland District on 10 December 1910.[6]

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still playing with St. Andrews University.[7]

International career

Hill played in 2 tests for Scotland.[8]

Military career

In the First World War he joined the 11 battalion of the Royal Scots as a captain and fought in France. He graduated to be a Lieutanent. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Star.[9] He later became an army chaplain.

Religious career

Hill followed his father into the ministry, was ordained in 1920[1] and became a minister of the Church of Scotland. At the time of his father's death in 1922 he was a army chaplain in India.[10][1] He held a post in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire for many years. He died in the manse.[11]

He served on the Ayrshire Education Committee for 15 years; was on the Primary promotions Board; and on the Ayrshire Educational Trust.[1]

Family

His father James Niven Hill was born in Milton of Balgonie in Fife in 1845. He went to Illinois in the United States for work and married a local girl Marion Josephine Hatch. They had two children in the United States, Janette Teresa Hill and Charles Thompson Hill, before the family returned to Fife in Scotland, where Colin was then born. His father James Niven Hill became a minister in the Church of Scotland. His elder brother Charles Thompson Hill died at the age of 30 in 1909.[12]

References

1. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
3. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
4. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
5. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
6. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
7. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
8. https://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/2257.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match
9. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1262/images/30850_A000742-00803?pId=4011682
10. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
11. Midlands First and Latest. John Methven. H.B. Rutherford publisher. 1989.
12. "Charles Thompson Hill (1878-1909) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com.