List of Scottish rugby union players

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This is a list of notable Scottish rugby union players, not necessarily all of whom have represented the Scotland national rugby union team, arranged by decade, most recent first. Scottish players for other countries are included, e.g. Dugald MacDonald who played for South Africa, while his brother Donald played for Scotland, uncapped Scottish players e.g. Hefin O'Hare and Scotland caps who are notable for reasons other than being on the national rugby union team, e.g. Bill Gammell is better known as a businessman, and Norman Mair as a journalist.

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Many players were active in two decades, and so are included in both listings.

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Scottish cricket and rugby union players

These are people who have played both cricket and rugby at a high level.

NameCricket team/clubRugby team
Cecil Abercrombie Hampshire County Cricket Club Scotland national rugby union team
Thomas Anderson [2] Scotland national cricket team Scotland national rugby union team
Alex Angus [2] Scotland national cricket team Scotland national rugby union team
A.G.G. Asher [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Leslie Balfour-Melville [2] [lower-alpha 1] Scotland national cricket team /
Marylebone Cricket Club 		Scotland national rugby union team
Edward Bannerman [2] Scotland national cricket team Scotland national rugby union team
David Bell [3] Scotland national cricket team /
Oxford University Cricket Club 		Scotland national rugby union team
John Bruce Lockhart Scotland national cricket team /
Cambridge University Cricket Club 		Scotland national rugby union team
Rab Bruce Lockhart [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Angus Buchanan [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
James Stewart Carrick [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Thomas Chalmers [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Paul Robert Clauss [lower-alpha 2] Oxford UniversityScotland national rugby union team
British Isles
Gerard Crole [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
James Norman Grieve Davidson [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Norman Davidson [2]  ?Scotland national rugby union team
Maurice Dickson Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Alexander William Duncan [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Kim Elgie South African national cricket team Scotland national rugby union team
James Gowans Marylebone Cricket Club Scotland national rugby union team
William St Clair Grant [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Thomas Hart [3] Scotland national cricket team /
Federated Malay States cricket team/
Oxford University Cricket Club 		Scotland national rugby union team
Duncan Hodge [2] [4] Grange /
Watsonians CC		Scotland national rugby union team
Frank Hunter [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
A.B.M. Ker [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Jimmy Kerr [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Eric Liddell [lower-alpha 3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Ross Logan [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Ian Lumsden [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Gregor MacGregor [2] England cricket team Scotland national rugby union team
K.G. MacLeod [lower-alpha 4] Lancashire County Cricket Club Scotland national rugby union team
Bill Maclagan [2] Scotland cricket team Scotland national rugby union team
British and Irish Lions (captain)
Alexander Simpson Bell McNeil [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Norman Mair [3] [lower-alpha 5] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Kenneth Walker Marshall [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Thomas R. Marshall [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Stuart Moffat [2] Scotland national cricket team /
Cambridge University Cricket Club 		Scotland national rugby union team
James Reid Kerr Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Henry Renny-Tailyour [lower-alpha 6] Kent County Cricket Club /
Marylebone Cricket Club 		Scotland national rugby union team
Gordon Ross [2] [6] [lower-alpha 7] Scotland national rugby union team
Ken Scotland [3] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
D. Somerville [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
Hugo Southwell SussexScotland national rugby union team
Henry Stevenson Scotland national cricket team /
Marylebone Cricket Club 		Scotland national rugby union team
J.M. Tennant [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team
James George Walker [2] Scotland national cricket teamScotland national rugby union team

Notes

  1. ↑ Leslie Balfour-Melville was also captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and had many other sporting achievements leading to his induction as an "All-Rounder" in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.
  2. ↑ Clauss was of German origins.
  3. ↑ Also a noted runner, and subject of Chariots of Fire
  4. ↑ MacLeod also played football for Manchester City F.C. [5]
  5. ↑ Subsequently a noted Scottish sports journalist.
  6. ↑ Renny-Tailyour also represented Scotland at football.
  7. ↑ Not to be confused with Gordon Ross, cricket journalist.

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References

  1. 1 2 Massie 1984 , pp. 16, 17, 20
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Bath 2007 , p. 104
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Bath 2007 , p. 105
  4. ↑ "Duncan Hodge: back to cricket". www.cricketscotland.com. Cricket Scotland. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Massie 1984, pp. 18, 31, 32
  6. ↑ "Coaching course pays off for Village". prestonvillage.hitscricket.com. 10 June 2000. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

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