Arthur Dorward
| Full name | Arthur Fairgrieve Dorward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 March 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Galashiels, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 August 2015 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Sedbergh School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) |
Tom Dorward Ali Williams |
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| Position(s) | Scrum-half | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1950-1957 |
 Scotland
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15 | 3 |
Arthur Fairgrieve Dorward (3 March 1925 – 4 August 2015) was a Scottish international rugby union player who played fifteen matches between 1950 – 1957.
Dorward was born in 1925 in Galashiels. He was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose, and Sedbergh School in Cumbria, where he was head boy. Dorward proceeded to St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in French and German. He played rugby for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. for three seasons, winning three blues and captaining the team in his final year. He was also a member of the 1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina. Following his graduation he returned to Galashiels, to work for the family textile business, and play for Gala RFC, for whom he had already made his debut aged 17.
Dorward made his debut for Scotland against France in the 1950 Five Nations Championship. Scotland won the match 8-5 at Murrayfield. His next match was against South Africa at Murrayfield on their 1951–52 South Africa rugby union tour. Scotland lost 44-0; one of seventeen consecutive defeats between 1951 and 1955.
In the 1952 Five Nations Championship he played against Wales, Ireland and England. He became the first Gala player to captain Scotland for the match against England. England won the match 19-3 at Murrayfield. Dorward captained Scotland twice during the 1953 Five Nations Championship against France and Wales. He also played in the defeat to England at Twickenham.
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