Christian Melville

Christian Melville

Birth name	Christian Landale Melville
Date of birth	(1913-12-09)9 December 1913
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	23 April 1984(1984-04-23) (aged 69)
Place of death	Dorset, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Black Watch () – Army () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 Scotland Probables () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1937 Scotland 3 (0)

Christian Melville (9 December 1913 – 23 April 1984) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Melville played for the Black Watch and the Army.

Provincial career

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

International career

He was capped three times for Scotland, all in 1937.

Military career

Melville was in the Black Watch where he was a Lieutenant Colonel. He was awarded the DSO in 1945.

References

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.