Jimmy Tolmie

{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}

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Jimmy Tolmie (20 November 1895 – 9 March 1955) was a Scotland international rugby union player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/2888.html|title=James Murdo Tolmie|website=ESPN scrum}}

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

Tolmie went to the High School of Glasgow from 1907 to 1912.Chocolate and Gold. 100 years of rugby. 1884–1984. Glasgow High Kelvinside. 1984

He played rugby union for Glasgow HSFP from 1913 onwards.The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003

He was noted as a resolute player, showing 'determination to go for the line at whatever cost to himself, his opponents, the corner flag, or the spectators'.

=Provincial career=

He played for Glasgow District in the 1919 inter-city match.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wMRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3204,4311849|title=The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

=International career=

He received one cap for Scotland, in 1922.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/2888.html|title=Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Jimmy Tolmie – Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}

His solitary cap came after his clubmate, and rival for the Scotland place, Arthur Browning was injured in a match against Heriots.

Military career

He enlisted soon after the First World War began. He was mentioned twice in despatches.

Family

His father was Murdo Tolmie from Dingwall in Ross-shire, and his mother Elizabeth Masterton (c.1860–1945). He married Isobel Hunter Scott.

Death

He died on 9 March 1955 and is buried in Biggar churchyard in South Lanarkshire.

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