Hamish Bryce

Rugby player
Hamish Bryce
Birth nameRobert Donaldson Hamish Bryce
Date of birth (1941-11-12) 12 November 1941 (age 82)
Place of birthScotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Anglo-Scots ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1971-72 Scotland 'B' 2
1973 Scotland 1 (0)

Hamish Bryce (born 12 November 1941) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1] and business man.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

He played for London Scottish.[2], Bristol Rugby Club.[3] as well as the Captain of the Combined Services and the Barbarians.

Provincial career

He played for the Anglo-Scots district side.[2]

International career

He was capped twice by Scotland 'B', from 1971 to 1972.

He went on to secure his first and only senior international cap for Scotland in 1973,[4] coming on as a replacement prop against Ireland.[5]

Business career

Bryce received a Bachelor of Mechanical Sciences from Cambridge University in 1966. He joined the British Army as was in the Royal Engineers. Becoming a chartered engineer, he held posts in various lighting firms; before becoming Chief Executive of the Thorn group [6] The Queen came to visit their Spennymoor Factory in 1995, along with the then leader of the Opposition Rt Hon Tony Blair.[7]

He was also Chair of the London Business Resilience Group [8]

He was a member of the Design Council,[9] whose purpose is to improve prosperity in the UK by enabling the best use of design in a modern global economy. It is a public body sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry working across the public and private sectors.

References

  1. ^ "Robert Donaldson Hamish Bryce". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ^ "Records of Bristol Rugby Club [founded as Bristol Football Club]".
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Hamish Bryce - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  5. ^ "Scotland v Ireland". ESPN scrum.
  6. ^ "Robert Donaldson Hamish BRYCE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
  7. ^ https://shop.memorylane.co.uk/mirror/0000to0099-00090/queen-elizabeth-ii-prince-phillip-visit-thorn-21329165.html
  8. ^ "Business preparing for terrorist attack". Financial Times. 17 August 2005.
  9. ^ https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/54e6de9e0c383719802572b9005141ed/94e93be5918dbe91802572ab004bac0a?OpenDocument