Robin Welsh

{{Short description|Scottish sportsman (1869–1934)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|10|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|10|21|1869|10|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland{{cite web |url=http://curlinghistory.blogspot.ca/2013/11/curling-at-1924-winter-olympics-part-1.html |title = Curling History: Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics: Part 1 – The GB Curlers| date=6 November 2013 }}

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| repyears1 = 1895–96

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| school = George Watson's College

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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union

| term_start = 1925

| term_end = 1926

| predecessor = Robert Campbell MacKenzie

| successor = James Aikman Smith

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| order = 46th

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's curling }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1924 Chamonix | Team}}

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Robin Welsh (20 October 1869 – 21 October 1934)[http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/1145.html Robin Welsh rugby profile] Scrum.com was a Scottish sportsman who represented the Royal Caledonian Curling Club as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland in tennis{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Robin Welsh |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/robin-welsh-1.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033152/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/robin-welsh-1.html |archivedate=2020-04-18}} and played international rugby union for Scotland.{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/1145.html |title = Robin Welsh {{!}} Rugby Union {{!}} Players and Officials {{!}} ESPN Scrum}}

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

He played for Watsonians.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1lEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8LEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1362%2C5396884 |title = The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search}}

=Provincial career=

He played for Edinburgh District.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1lEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8LEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1362%2C5396884 |title = The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search}} He also played for Cities District.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18941224/033/0003 |title=Register |access-date=29 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

=International career=

He was capped four times for Scotland between 1895 and 1896.{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/1145.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match |title = Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Robin Welsh – Test matches}}

=Referee career=

He was an international referee. He refereed the England versus Ireland match in 1902;{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/19048.html |title = Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – England v Ireland at Leicester}} the Wales versus England match in 1903;{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/19052.html |title = Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Wales v England at Swansea}} and the Ireland versus England match in 1905.{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/19074.html |title = Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Ireland v England at Cork}}

He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19050109/054/0004 |title=Register |access-date=29 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19041223/057/0004 |title=Register |access-date=29 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19010121/069/0004 |title=Register |access-date=29 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

=Administrative career=

He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1925 to 1926.{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 |date= |website=Scottish Rugby}}

Curling career

He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.

See also

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