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Laurie Duff

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Laurie Duff
Birth namePeter Laurence Duff
Date of birth(1912-11-12)12 November 1912
Place of birthBothwell, Scotland
Date of death6 November 2002(2002-11-06) (aged 89)
Place of deathStirling, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Glasgow Academicals ()
Uddingston ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow District ()
- Scotland Possibles ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1936-39 Scotland 6 (6)
1938 British and Irish Lions 2 (6)

Peter Laurence Duff (12 November 1912 – 6 November 2002) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He also represented the British and Irish Lions.[2][3]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played for Glasgow Academicals,[2] and Uddingston.

Provincial career

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He represented Glasgow District.

He played for the Scotland Possibles side in their trial match against the Scotland Probables on 15 January 1938.[4]

International career

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He played 6 matches for Scotland.[5]

He was selected for the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa playing in two of the Test matches against South Africa, scoring a try in both.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Laurance Duff". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b c Bath, p118
  3. ^ a b "Laurie Duff". lionsrugby.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Laurie Duff - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)