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Bobby Clark
Birth nameRobert Lawson Clark
Date of birth (1944-01-27) 27 January 1944 (age 79)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Melville College FP
Edinburgh Wanderers
Royal Navy
()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1971 Scotland 'B' 1
1972-73 Scotland 9 (4)

Bobby Clark (born 27 January 1944) is a former Scotland rugby union international player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Melville College.[1]

He played for Edinburgh Wanderers.

He also played rugby union for the Royal Navy.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District and captained the side.[2] He was part of that season's squad that won the Scottish Inter-District Championship in a play-off in the 1971-72 season, although he did not play in the play-off match.[3]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play France 'B' in 1971.

He went on to play for Scotland 9 times.[4] He scored a try in the 5 February 1972 match against Wales; although Scotland slumped to a 35-12 defeat in the match.[5]

Academic career

He worked for many years as a Staff Tutor in the Faculty of Technology within the Open University.[6]

References

  1. ^ Oswald, Nick. "Caught in Time: Scotland's rugby team, 1973" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bobby Clark - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  5. ^ "Wales v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
  6. ^ "Bob Clark - C&S at the OU". www.cands.org. Retrieved 5 December 2021.