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Jimmy Gillespie

Birth name

John Imrie Gillespie

Date of birth

16 January 1879

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland^[1]

Date of death

5 December 1943 (aged 64)

Occupation(s)

chartered accountant

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Half-back
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Edinburgh Academicals		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Edinburgh District		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1899–1904	Scotland	10	(27)
1903	British and Irish Lions	3	(4)
Refereeing career
Years	Competition		Apps
	Home Nations

John Imrie Gillespie (16 January 1879 – 5 December 1943^[2]), known as Jimmy Gillespie, was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.^[3]^[4]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

At club level he played for Edinburgh Academicals.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1898.^[5]

International career

Gillespie was selected for the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa^[3]^[4] and finished the tour as the top Test scorer for the touring team. He played in 19 matches during the tour including all three test games against South Africa. He scored 13 conversions and a single try on the tour,^[6] and amassed four points in the first Test, the British failing to score in the second and third tests.

Referee career

He later became a successful referee, including two Wales vs England internationals, one in 1907, and the other in 1911.^[4]

Outside of rugby

Gillespie was a chartered accountant.

Bibliography

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

Notes

^ "John Imrie Gillespie". ESPN scrum.
^ John Gillespie player profile Scrum.com
^ ^a ^b ^c Bath, p117
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Godwin, p164
^ ^a ^b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
^ Lions profile Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine lionsrugby.com

v t e British Lions – 1903 South Africa tour
Forwards	Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge University and Scotland) Cave (Cambridge University/Blackheath F.C./Kent) Gibson (Cambridge University) Hosack (Edinburgh Wanderers) Morrison (Royal HSFP and Scotland) (capt) Scott (West of Scotland and Scotland) Smyth (Dublin University and Ireland) Stout (Richmond/Barbarian F.C./Gloucester and England) Tedford (Malone RFC and Ireland) James Wallace (Wanderers/Dublin University) Joseph Wallace (Wanderers/Dublin University and Ireland)
Backs	Collett (Gloucestershire/Cambridge University) Davidson (North of Ireland) Gillespie (Edinburgh Academicals and Scotland) Greig (Cambridge University/Glasgow Academicals/United Services and Scotland) Hancock (Richmond/Surrey) Harrison (Guy's Hospital/Middlesex/Barbarian F.C.) Hind (Cambridge University/Leicester/Midland Counties) Neill (Edinburgh Academicals and Scotland) Skrimshaw (Newport/Blackheath F.C./Kent/Barbarian F.C.) Walker (Lennox/Middlesex)
Coach	Manager: Hammond

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