James Boyd (sportsman)
http://dbpedia.org/resource/James_Boyd_(sportsman) an entity of type: Thing
James Lawrence Boyd DSC (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer. The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy. He was educated in England at the Royal Naval College, Osborne from where he entered into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. Boyd was selected to play rugby union for Scotland as a fly-half in 1912, making two Test appearances against England in the Five Nations Championship in March, and South Africa in November, with both matches played at Inverleith. The following year he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, in addition to making a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's. Boyd served with
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
James Boyd (sportsman)
rdf:langString
James Lawrence Boyd
rdf:langString
Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland
xsd:date
1930-06-15
xsd:date
1891-08-18
xsd:integer
62434857
xsd:integer
1100476574
rdf:langString
–
xsd:integer
10
xsd:date
1891-08-18
rdf:langString
Scotland
xsd:gMonthDay
--11-26
xsd:date
1930-06-15
rdf:langString
James Lawrence Boyd
xsd:integer
2
rdf:langString
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9918.html Cricinfo
xsd:integer
2019
xsd:integer
25
xsd:integer
1
rdf:langString
James Lawrence Boyd DSC (18 August 1891 – 15 June 1930) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, rugby union international and Royal Navy officer. The son of Thomas Morgan Boyd, a Scottish tea merchant, Boyd was born in China at Amoy. He was educated in England at the Royal Naval College, Osborne from where he entered into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. Boyd was selected to play rugby union for Scotland as a fly-half in 1912, making two Test appearances against England in the Five Nations Championship in March, and South Africa in November, with both matches played at Inverleith. The following year he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, in addition to making a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's. Boyd served with the navy in the First World War, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in October 1916 in recognition of his service aboard submarines. Following the war, he made a further first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1919. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in April 1921, with promotion to the rank of commander following in June 1926. He was placed on the retired list in February 1930, on account of ill health. Boyd died shortly after in June 1930 at Arosa in Switzerland.
rdf:langString
–/–
xsd:double
8.33
rdf:langString
Unknown
xsd:integer
1
xsd:integer
56
rdf:langString
Unknown
xsd:integer
1
xsd:integer
1
xsd:integer
60
rdf:langString
–
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
4742
xsd:string
Unknown
xsd:string
Unknown