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- ↑ Two test cricket caps for England and three for South Africa. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/229/229.html Archived 11 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Also played test cricket for Australia. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/110/110.html Archived 7 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Three test cricket caps for England and three for Australia. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/110/110.html Archived 7 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Test matches, which have first-class status, are not included in this tally
- ↑ Tindill was also a Test referee in rugby union and an international umpire in cricket, making him the only person in history to both play and officiate at full international level in both sports. Richards, Huw (31 October 2009). "The oldest All Black in town". ESPN Scrum. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bath, p105
- ↑ Subsequently a noted Scottish sports journalist
- ↑ Also played international rugby for England
- ↑ Van Vuuren is the first man to compete in the final stages of world-cup competitions in cricket and rugby union in the same year. See – The ten greatest sporting all-rounders – Guardian Unlimited Archived 11 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Briggs played with Widnes before the split with rugby league
- ↑ Fry was an all rounder, and was also a footballer for Southampton and Portsmouth, an excellent long jumper and had many other sporting skills
- ↑ "Ireland call up ex-Ulster rugby player Adair". BBC Sport. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ Later president of the IRFU
- ↑ Also a noted rackets player
- ↑ Also an England football cap
- ↑ MacLeod also played football for Manchester City F.C.; Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6), p18
- ↑ Renny-Tailyour also represented Scotland at football.
- ↑ Mallett now coaches the Italy national rugby union team