W.C.W. Murdoch

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William Murdoch

Birth name	William Copeland Wood Murdoch
Date of birth	Oct. 3, 1914
Place of birth	Old Kilpatrick, Scotland
Date of death	October 12, 1987 1987 (aged 72–73)
Place of death	Helensburgh, Scotland
Occupation(s)	Rugby union referee
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Hillhead HSFP () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Glasgow District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–48 Scotland 9 Refereeing career Years Competition Apps 1951–52 Five Natrions Championship 2 1953 Scottish Inter-District Championship 1

William Copeland Wood Murdoch (3 October 1914, Old Kilpatrick – October 1987, Helensburgh) was a Scottish international rugby union player who played at full-back.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Murdoch played for Hillhead HSFP

Provincial career

Murdoch played for Glasgow District

International career

He was capped a total of nine times, but there was an extremely long hiatus in his career due to the Second World War – he gained his first cap in 1935, and his last in 1948. He gained four caps in the 1947–48 season. This gives him one of the longest international careers on record. Only he and W.B. Young were capped on either side of the War.

Referee career

In later life, he became a referee.

References

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
2. Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
4. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)