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| Full name | Roy Muir Kinnear | |||||
| Born | 3 February 1904 Scotland |
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| Died | 22 September 1942 (aged 38) Uxbridge, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1924–1927 | Heriot's Rugby Club | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1926–1926 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924–1924 | British Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1927–1933 | Wigan | 182 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 243 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1929–1930 | Other Nations | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1929–1929 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Roy Muir Kinnear (1904–1942) was a Scottish dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 30s, who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for British Lions, and Scotland, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Other Nations.
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At club level he played rugby union (RU) for Heriot's Rugby Club playing at Centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and at club level played rugby league (RL) for Wigan playing at Centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.
He scored 81 tries in 182 games for Wigan.
He collapsed and died while playing rugby union with the RAF during World War II in 1942 age 38.
He was unique amongst Scottish rugby union defectors in that he originally played for an former pupils (FP) club, rather than one of the Border teams.[1]
His son was the English character actor, Roy Kinnear, and his grandson is the actor Rory Kinnear.
The Scotland Rugby League Student Player of the Year Award is named after him.
Roy Muir Kinnear won caps for Scotland (RU) while at Heriot's Rugby Club in 1926 against France, Wales, and Ireland, won caps for British and Irish Lions (RU) while at Heriot's Rugby Club in 1924 against South Africa (4 matches), won caps for Other Nations (RL) while at Wigan in 1929 against England, in 1930 against England (2 matches), and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in 1929 against Australia.[2]
Roy Muir Kinnear played, and scored a try, in Wigan's 13-2 victory over Dewsbury in the 1928-29 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 4 May 1929.
Roy Muir Kinnear played in Wigan's 5-4 victory over Widnes in the 1928-29 Lancashire Cup final at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on 24 November 1928.