Jimmy Dykes (rugby union)

James Dykes was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Jimmy Dykes
Birth nameJames Carroll Dykes
Date of birth(1901-07-04)4 July 1901
Place of birthPartick, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death3 July 1967(1967-07-03) (aged 65)
Place of deathNairn, Scotland
Notable relative(s)Andrew Dykes, brother
John Dykes, uncle
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow Academicals ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1922–29 Scotland 20 (20)
1925–28 Barbarians 5

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He also played for Glasgow Academicals RFC.[1]

International career

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He was capped twenty times for Scotland between 1922 and 1929[1][2]

He played five matches for the Barbarians from 1925 to 1928.[3]

Family

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His brother Andrew was also capped for Scotland.[1]

He was the nephew of John Dykes, who was also capped for Scotland.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bath, p138
  2. ^ "Scotland Player profile: Jimmy Dykes".
  3. ^ "Barbarians Player profile: J. C. Dykes".
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)