Tom Dorward

Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player

Tom Dorward

Birth name

Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward

Date of birth

(1916-03-27)27 March 1916

Place of birth

Galashiels, Scotland

Date of death

5 March 1941(1941-03-05) (aged 24)

Place of death

Castle Bytham, England

Notable relative(s)

Arthur Dorward, brother

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Scrum half
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	Gala		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1937	South of Scotland District		()
1938	Scotland Possibles		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1938-39	Scotland	5	(0)

Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward (27 March 1916, Galashiels – 5 March 1941, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire) was a Scotland international rugby union player.^[1]^[2] He died as the result of wounds received during World War II.^[3]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Gala.^[1]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District in their match against the combined North of Scotland District on 20 November 1937.^[4]

He was scheduled to play for the Scotland Probables side in the December 1937 trial match but the match was called off due to frost. Instead, Dorward was later in the January 1938 trial, this time as a substitute for the Scotland Possibles side. He came on in the second half.^[5]