Harry Lind
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Harry Lind was a Scottish international rugby union
player. He was capped 16 times for between 1928-36 at centre.
His club was Dunfermline RFC
.
In Scotland's Triple Crown
win in 1933, when they beat 8-6 by two drop-goals (four points each in those days) to two tries (three points in those days), Lind contributed the winning goal:
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. He was capped 16 times for between 1928-36 at centre.
His club was Dunfermline RFC
Dunfermline RFC
Dunfermline Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Established in 1893 the club play their home games at McKane Park.They currently play in Scottish National Leagues division 1.Their strip is royal blue and white....
.
In Scotland's Triple Crown
Triple Crown (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the four national teams of the British Isles who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. If any one team manages to win all their games against the other three they win the...
win in 1933, when they beat 8-6 by two drop-goals (four points each in those days) to two tries (three points in those days), Lind contributed the winning goal:
- "Ireland were pressing on the Scottish line and leading by 6-4 when suddenly the Scottish forwards ignited a foot-rush from their own line to the Irish '25'. DavyEugene DavyEugene O'Donnell Davy was an Irish international rugby union fly-half.Davy was born into an affluent family in County Dublin on 26 July 1904. He was one of nine surviving children of Thomas Davy, a merchant, and his wife Alice...
was one who had to go in to try and stop the rush and when he got up, there was Harry Lind of Dunfermline slotting the winning drop-goal. 'It was some foot-rush', I remember that great Irishman saying, 'Forwards really could control the dribble in those days."