George Ritchie (16 April 1848 – 31 January 1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Playing in the very first international, Ritchie scored a try which was chalked off by the umpire Hely Hutchinson Almond.

Ritchie played in the first ever rugby union international match for Scotland against England in 27 March 1871[2] at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh.

An Englishman claimed to have control of the ball and the umpire decided it was Scotland's hack off 5 yards from the line.

[4] It was Ritchie's only international appearance for Scotland and he always maintained that he scored a perfectly good try, throughout the rest of his life.