Duncan Shaw (rugby union)

Duncan Shaw (29 May 1915 – 14 November 1999) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Prop.[1]

Duncan Shaw
Birth nameGeorge Duncan Shaw
Date of birth(1915-05-29)29 May 1915
Place of birthGalashiels, Scotland
Date of death14 September 1999(1999-09-14) (aged 84)
Place of deathGalashiels, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
-1934
1934-		 Gala
Sale		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1934
1938-39		 South of Scotland District
Scotland Possibles		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)

1935-39		 Scotland U16
Scotland
6
(7)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He was a product of Oundle School and captained the school rugby union side.[2]

Shaw played for Gala before moving to England to play for Sale.[3]

He moved as he was taking up a post in Staffordshire and left Gala at the end of November 1934.[2]

He was noted as a goal-kicking expert.[4]

He hit the headlines for the wrong reason on 25 May 1937 when the Staffordshire Sentinel reported that he was caught speeding by the police and was fined £3 by the court. Shaw had missed the train for an away match and was attempting to hurry and catch his Sale team-mates.[5]

Provincial career

Shaw was capped for South of Scotland District against North of Scotland District in 1934.[2]

He was supposed to play for the Scotland Possibles 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 Possibles side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.[6]

He turned out for the Possibles the following year and Shaw's performance was noted as 'full marks' by the Sunday Post of 15 January 1939 in a resounding win for the Possibles side over the Probables. They concluded:

The deciding forwards in the lines were Duncan Shaw and W. H. Crawford. Between them they stole most of the thunder. Shaw’s footwork was a joy to watch, and he was doing more than his share in defence.

International career

He represented Scotland in schoolboy internationals.[2]

Shaw was capped by Scotland 7 times. His first cap was against the All Blacks in 1935 anf hr continued representing Scotland until the second world war.[7]

Military career

He joined the 5th North Staffordshire Regiment and was promoted from Captain to Major.[8]

References
  1. "George Duncan Shaw". ESPN scrum.
  2. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
  3. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  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. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Duncan Shaw - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  8. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
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