Eric Milroy
| Full name | Eric MacLeod Milroy | ||||
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| Date of birth | 4 December 1887 | ||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||
| Date of death | 18 July 1916 (aged 28) | ||||
| Place of death | Delville Wood, France | ||||
| Rugby union career | |||||
| Playing career | |||||
| Position | Scrum-half | ||||
| Amateur clubs | |||||
| Years | Club / team | ||||
| Watsonians RFC | |||||
| National team(s) | |||||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) | ||
| 1910-1914 |  Scotland |
12 | (3) | ||
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Military career
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Eric "Puss" MacLeod Milroy (4 December 1887 – 18 July 1916) was a Scottish rugby union player who played club rugby for Watsonians and international rugby for Scotland.[1]
He was capped for Scotland between 1910-14[1] and was selected for the 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa.[2] In 1914, he captained Scotland.
Milroy was killed in Delville Wood, France in World War I, while serving with the Black Watch. He was one of 31 Scottish rugby internationals to be killed in action.[3]
See also
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- 1 2 Bath, p109
- ↑ Bath, p118
- ↑ Fraser, Graham (22 December 2014). "World War One: The story of Scotland's rugby stars". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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