John Macphail (rugby union)
| Birth name | John Alexander Rose Macphail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 October 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 June 2004 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Pitlochry, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Macphail (14 October 1923 – 10 June 2004) was a Scottish international rugby union player. The John Macphail Scholarship for Scottish rugby union players is named in the memory of the player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Macphail was born in the Amber Mansions of Singapore; but brought up in first in South Africa and then in Scotland. He attended Edinburgh Academy, and played rugby union for Edinburgh Academicals.
Provincial career
[edit]He was capped for Edinburgh District. He played in the 1949 inter-city match against Glasgow District.[2]
International career
[edit]He was capped for Scotland twice, playing first against England at Twickenham in 1949, and then against South Africa at Murrayfield in 1951.[3]
Business career
[edit]He became the Chairman of the Scottish Whisky Association; and of the Edrington Group in Glasgow. He was awarded the CBE medal.[4]
Family
[edit]His father Lachlan Rose Macphail was a Scottish stockbroker. He died in 1937, when John Macphail was just 13.[5]
Macphail married Edith Crabbie in Edinburgh in 1947.
They had 2 children: Copper and Michael.[4]
Death
[edit]He was buried in Logierait Churchyard.[4]
Scholarship
[edit]The John Macphail Scholarship is a rugby union scholarship for up and coming Scottish players, and is made by the Robertson Trust in memory of John Macphail.[5] The scholarship began for season 2005-06 and is awarded annually.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Alexander Rose MacPhail". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John MacPhail - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c "John A. R. MacPhail (1923-2004) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com.
- ^ a b "John A. R. Macphail from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
- ^ Barnes, David (8 January 2019). "Latest recipients of the John Macphail Rugby Scholarship announced". The Offside Line.
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