W.C.W._Murdoch

W.C.W. Murdoch

W.C.W. Murdoch

Scotland international rugby union player

For other uses, see William Murdoch (disambiguation).

William Copeland Wood Murdoch (3 October 1914, Old Kilpatrick – October 1987, Helensburgh[1]) was a Scottish international rugby union player who played at full-back.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Murdoch played for Hillhead HSFP

Provincial career

Murdoch played for Glasgow District

International career

He was capped a total of nine times, but there was an extremely long hiatus in his career due to the Second World War – he gained his first cap in 1935, and his last in 1948.[1][2] He gained four caps in the 1947–48 season.[2] This gives him one of the longest international careers on record.[3] Only he and W.B. Young were capped on either side of the War.

Referee career

In later life, he became a referee.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
  2. [2]
    Cotton, p75
  3. [3]
    Jones, pp56,57
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
  3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
  4. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)


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