Tom Elliot

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Tom Elliot MBE
Birth nameThomas Elliot
Date of birth6 April 1926
Place of birth Galashiels, Scotland
Date of death3 May 1998(1998-05-03) (aged 72)
Place of death Scottish Borders, Scotland
School Loretto School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Gala ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
South of Scotland ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1955-1958 Scotland 14 (0)
1955 British and Irish Lions 0 (0)
– Barbarians

Thomas Elliot MBE (6 April 1926 – 3 May 1998) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] His regular playing position was Prop.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Elliot was born into a farming family in the Scottish Borders. [2] He was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose and at Loretto School, Musselburgh. [2] After school he joined Gala RFC and played for the 2XV at lock. [2] He soon moved to loose-head prop and over the next fifteen years made the position his own. [2] Early in his career he gained a reputation for rumbustious play. [3] Bill McLaren described him as "a tough rugged son of the soil". [4]

Provincial career

Elliot was capped by South of Scotland District. [5]

International career

Elliot made his debut for Scotland in the 1955 Five Nations Championship. [6] Scotland beat Wales 14–8 at Murrayfield. [7] His next match against Ireland resulted in another victory at the same venue. [7] Elliot also played in a narrow 9–6 defeat to England at Twickenham. [7]

In the 1956 Five Nations Championship he played all four matches. [7] Scotland won one match against France at Murrayfield. [7] The following year Scotland won two matches in the 1957 Five Nations Championship; Elliot played in every match. [7] He played two matches in the 1958 Five Nations Championship, losing to Wales and Ireland. [7] In between he played in a 12–8 victory over Australia at Murrayfield on their 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. [7]

Elliot was selected for the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa, alongside his compatriot and fellow prop Hugh McLeod. [3] If it were not for the outstanding Meredith brothers from Wales, they would have played in the Test matches. [2] [3] As it was Elliot played eight of the midweek games. [3] He also played for the Barbarian F.C. [3]

Farming career

Elliot had farming interests in the Borders and Sutherland. [3] He was a former president of the Selkirk branch of the National Farmers Union of Scotland, and former president of the Borders area. [3] His animals often won championships at the Royal Highland Show near Edinburgh, of which he became a director. [3] Elliot was also a past president of the Cheviot Sheep Society, member of the government's Hill Farming Advisory Committee and a director of the Moredun Foundation. [3] For his contributions to farming he was awarded an MBE in 1989. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Bath, Richard (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. p.  118. ISBN   978-1-905326-24-2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tom Elliot". The Times . 16 May 1998. p. 25. ProQuest   317946295.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Tom Elliot". The Herald (Glasgow) . 12 May 1998. p. 18. ProQuest   332435555.
  4. ↑ McLaren, Bill (1991). Talking of Rugby: An Autobiography. Hutchinson. p. 18. ISBN   009173875X.
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ↑ "Tom Elliot". ESPN Scrum . Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Tom Elliot - Match by Match". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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