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Jack Watherston

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Jack Watherston
Full nameJack Greenshields Watherston
Date of birth(1909-08-24)24 August 1909
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death17 November 1990(1990-11-17) (aged 81)
Place of deathRoxburghshire, Scotland
SchoolSedbergh School
UniversityCorpus Christi College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1934 Scotland 2 (0)

Jack Greenshields Watherston (24 August 1909 — 17 November 1990) was a Scottish international rugby union player.

Born in Edinburgh, Watherston was educated at Sedbergh School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1]

A flanker, Watherston gained blues in varsity rugby at Cambridge University. He played his rugby in Scotland for Edinburgh Wanderers and Jedburgh. In 1934, Watherston was capped twice for Scotland during their Home Nations campaign, against Ireland at Murrayfield and England at Twickenham.[2]

Watherson's daughter Diana was married to British peer Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon. His grandson Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon, is a Member of the House of Lords.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Two Cambridge Blues". The Daily Telegraph. 5 November 1931.
  2. ^ "Scotland's Team Changes". The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 1934.
  3. ^ "Earl of Devon's son to marry". Herald Express. 21 February 1967.
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