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18 August 1891 Amoy, Fujian, China |
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15 June 1930 (aged 38) Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland |
James Lawrence Boyd DSC (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer.
The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy. He was educated in England at the Royal Naval College, Osborne from where he entered into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. Boyd was selected to play rugby union for Scotland as a fly-half in 1912, making two Test appearances against England in the Five Nations Championship in March, and South Africa in November, with both matches played at Inverleith.[1] The following year he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant,[2] in addition to making a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's.[3] Boyd served with the navy in the First World War, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in October 1916 in recognition of his service aboard submarines.[4] Following the war, he made a further first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1919.[3] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in April 1921,[5] with promotion to the rank of commander following in June 1926.[6] He was placed on the retired list in February 1930, on account of ill health.[7] Boyd died shortly after in June 1930 at Arosa in Switzerland.
References[]
- ↑ "James Boyd - Test matches". ESPNscrum. http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/2286.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ↑ "No. 28710". 15 April 1913. p. 2722. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28710/page/2722
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "First-Class Matches played by James Boyd". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28062/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ↑ "No. 29799". 24 October 1916. p. 10362. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29799/supplement/10362
- ↑ "No. 32295". 19 April 1921. p. 3091. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32295/page/3091
- ↑ "No. 33179". 2 July 1926. p. 4418. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33179/supplement/4418
- ↑ "No. 33588". 14 March 1930. p. 1646. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33588/page/1646
External links[]
- Player profile: J from ESPNcricinfo
- J at ESPNscrum
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