George Summerscale

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| full_name = George Edward Summerscale

| birth_date = {{birth year|1879}}

| birth_place = Durham, England

| death_date = {{death date|1936|12|31|df=yes}} (aged 57)

| death_place = Durham, England

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| position = Forward

| repyears1 = 1905

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 1

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George Edward Summerscale (1879 – 1936) was an English international rugby union player.

A Durham City forward, Summerscale made a record 49 county appearances for Durham, which included eight championship finals, along with one replay.{{cite news |title=North Rugby Veteran |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000378/19370102/144/0007 |work=Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail |date=2 January 1937}} He was capped once for England, featuring against the touring 1905–06 All Blacks. With club mate Henry Imrie, Summerscale was one of only two players in the team from the north of England.{{cite news |title=A Glance At The League Games |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19051201/061/0003 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=1 December 1905}}

Summerscale retired in 1909 and remained involved in rugby as an administrator. He served as Durham City club president and held the post of vice president for the Durham RFU.{{cite news |title=Distrust of Trials |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001793/19370109/158/0006 |work=Football Echo (Sunderland) |date=9 January 1937}}