Jake Selby
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28 July 1900
| Born | John Alexander Robertson Selby 28 July 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jake Selby (28 July 1900 – 15 February 1951) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Amateur career
Selby played for Watsonians.
This is from the Dundee Evening Telegraph of Wednesday 16 January 1929:[2]
The Watsonians have splendid pack this season, and they did some great work, as also did the 'Sonians old international scrum half, Jake Selby.
He also played for Kelso from 1920 to 1925.[3][4]
He played for Edinburgh University the 1921–22 season.[5]
He played for Bradford RFC from 1926 to 1927.[6]
Provincial career
Selby played for Edinburgh District.[7]
He played for Scotland Probables in the trial match of January 1920.[8]
While playing for Bradford, he was also capped for Yorkshire.[9][10]
International career
Medical career
He became a doctor. He obtained his medical degree from Edinburgh University in 1925.[13] From the Berwickshire News and General Advertiser of Tuesday 22 December 1925:[3]
Jake Selby is now a fully fledged doctor, and it may be that his infrequent appearances on the Rugby this season foreshadows his retirement from the game. Selby who is a Scottish Rugby Internationalist, is well known in Berwickshire, and has frequently turned out for Kelso Rugby team.
This from Edinburgh Evening News of Tuesday 7 October 1930:
A WATSONIAN'S NEW POST. DR J. A. R. SELBY FOR HONG-KONG. J. A. R. Selby, the wcii-known Edinburgh rugby player and internationalist, has received an appointment as Specialist Medical Officer at Hong-Kong under the Colonial Medical Service, and will sail at an early date.. Dr Selby graduated at Edinburgh University five years ago, and has since been engaged in hospital work in Bradford, in the Venereal Diseases Department. and the Bacteriological Department of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and as Resident Medical Officer at East Paoli Hospital, Edinburgh. During the past six months he has been Resident Surgical Officer at St Paul's Hospital for Genito-Urinary Diseases, London. _ . Educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,‘ Dr Selby played for his . school at cricket and Rugby, and was a member of the Watsonians XV. from 1919 to 1926, and again from 1928 till the end of last season. He also played Rugby for Bradford and Yorkshire in 1926-27. Ile was " capped " against Wales in 1920, his first year of senior football.