Andrew Murdison (16 May 1898 – 1968) was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Scottish Borders, and at club level for Galashiels RFC (captain), as a centre, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Halifax.
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| Full name | Andrew Murdison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1898[1] Lauder, Scottish Borders, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1968 (aged 70) Earlston, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and family
editMurdison was born in Lauder, Scottish Borders, to Robert Hope Murdison, a plumber, and Elizabeth Copeland Forbes.[1] His family was active in rugby union. His father and an uncle, Thomas B. Murdison, both played for Galashiels RFC in the 1890s. Tom Murdison was permanently suspended for a notorious incident at Mossilee. In later life, Andrew Murdison joined his father's plumbing business in Earlston.[4]
Rugby league
editIn 1923, moved south to England to become a rugby league professional, signing for Halifax.[5]
Murdison won one cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax in 1926.
Contemporaneous article extract
edit"A. Murdison. Halifax (Northern Rugby league.) "A. Murdison is one of the club's finest discoveries. Born in Lowden (sic), he became connected with the Galashiels Rugby Union club, and quickly won distinction as a centre three-quarter with wonderful anticipation, and before turning professional, represented his county, besides being captain of his side. He possesses great speed, and is a strong straight runner. He played in the trial games for the last Australian tour in 1924, and only just missed securing a place."[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "1898 MURDISON, ANDREW (Statutory registers Births 748/ 21)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland, and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Andrew Murdison". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Former Gala player". Berwickshire News and General Advertiser. 16 December 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Rugby Football - Gala Player Goes to Northern Union". Southern Reporter. 2 August 1923. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ogden's (circa-1926). Famous Rugby Players (Card 40 of 50). Ogden's. ISBN n/a
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