Oliver Grant (rugby union)

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Oliver Grant
Birth nameThomas Oliver Grant
Date of birth (1933-09-05) 5 September 1933 (age 90)
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Hawick ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Scottish Border XV
South of Scotland
Provinces District
Blues Trial
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1960-64 Scotland 6

Thomas Oliver Grant is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]

Rugby Union career[edit]

Amateur career[edit]

He played for Hawick.[1]

Provincial career[edit]

He played for the Scottish Border XV in their match against Royal Air Force Rugby Union in 1962.[3]

He played for South of Scotland.

He played for Provinces District - the combined north–south side - in their match against Canada on 28 November 1962.[4]

He played for Blues Trial in the 3rd and last trial match of the 1962-63 season; the Blues edging a 23–20 win over Whites Trial.[5]

International career[edit]

He was capped for Scotland six times between 1960 and 1964.[1]

Family[edit]

His brother Derrick Grant was also capped for Scotland.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Bath, p138
  2. ^ "Thomas Oliver Grant". ESPN scrum.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
Sources
  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)