Jimmy Dykes (rugby union)
| Birth name | James Carroll Dykes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 July 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Partick, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 July 1967 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Nairn, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Andrew Dykes, brother John Dykes, uncle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Dykes was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He also played for Glasgow Academicals RFC.[1]
International career
[edit]He was capped twenty times for Scotland between 1922 and 1929[1][2]
He played five matches for the Barbarians from 1925 to 1928.[3]
Family
[edit]His brother Andrew was also capped for Scotland.[1]
He was the nephew of John Dykes, who was also capped for Scotland.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bath, p138
- ^ "Scotland Player profile: Jimmy Dykes".
- ^ "Barbarians Player profile: J. C. Dykes".
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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