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Jock Beattie

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Jock Beattie
Birth nameJohn Armstrong Beattie
Date of birth(1907-01-05)5 January 1907
Place of birthHawick, Scotland
Date of death10 February 1977(1977-02-10) (aged 70)
Place of deathHawick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Hawick Linden ()
- Hawick ()
- Co-Optimists ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- South of Scotland District ()
1938 Scotland Possibles ()
1938 Scotland Probables ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1929–36 Scotland 23 (0)
Barbarians

Jock Beattie (5 January 1907 – 10 February 1977) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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Beattie played for Hawick Linden.[2]

He then played for Hawick.[2]

He played for the Co-Optimists.[2]

Provincial career

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Beattie captained the South of Scotland District side.[2]

He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He impressed the selectors in the first half and then turned out for the Probables in the second half.[3]

International career

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He played for Scotland 23 times in the period 1929 to 1936.[4]

He also represented the Barbarians.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "John Armstrong Beattie". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Greens greats: Jock Beattie, 'the hardest forward ever seen'". 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Beattie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.