W.C.W. Murdoch
Scotland international rugby union player
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William Copeland Wood Murdoch (3 October 1914, Old Kilpatrick – October 1987, Helensburgh[1]) was a Scottish international rugby union player who played at full-back.
BornWilliam Copeland Wood Murdoch
Oct. 3, 1914
Oct. 3, 1914
DiedOctober 12, 1987 1987 (aged 72–73)
OccupationRugby union referee
Position
Full Back
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Murdoch played for Hillhead HSFP
Provincial career
Murdoch played for Glasgow District
International career
He was capped a total of nine times, but there was an extremely long hiatus in his career due to the Second World War – he gained his first cap in 1935, and his last in 1948.[1][2] He gained four caps in the 1947–48 season.[2] This gives him one of the longest international careers on record.[3] Only he and W.B. Young were capped on either side of the War.
Referee career
In later life, he became a referee.[1]
