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Jock Wemyss

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Mr Andrew Wemyss, who resides in Joppa, and is a former member of the Brunstane Rugby Football Club, has been selected by the Scottish Rugby Football Union to take part in the international match against England. It is the third international honour which has fallen to the lot of this player.
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Wemyss went on to be successful journalist and commentator, and on the occasion of Haddington's 90th anniversary, the club received a letter from the Bill McLaren stating how much he owed Jock for early tutelage.
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invitational rugby club in 1924. This came after an invitation game against Haddington, a club Wemyss had been a founder member of at the age of 17.
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He became a founder member of two rugby union clubs; first Haddington and then Co-Optimists.
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Wemyss, together with George St Claire Murray, a rugby enthusiast from the
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Scotland won 2, lost 3 and drew 3 of the 7 games in which Wemyss played
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International Rugby Union. A Compendium of Scotland's Matches
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