User:Aedis1/R1156
Date of birth | 8 October 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 February 2004 | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Woking, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alec Elliot Murray (8 October 1923 - 24 August 1884) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He learned rugby at Sedbergh School.[1]
He played for Rosslyn Park.[2]
He went to Christ Church, Oxford and played rugby union for Oxford University.[3] He also won the 100 yards sprint in 1943, running that distance in 10.3 seconds.[4]
He played for a J. E. Thorneloe's XV in 1942 against the Barbarians.[5]
He played for London Scottish in 1945.[6]
He was picked for the Royal Navy to play against the Army in 1946.[7]
Provincial career
[edit]International career
[edit]The Scottish selector G. B. Dryden discovered that Murray was 'an out and out Scot'.[8]
He played for Scotland on 26 February 1944.
Military career
[edit]He was a Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.[9] He went on the HMS Victory.[10]
Family
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19421125/084/0002
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19440219/092/0003
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19450219/050/0003
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19430308/091/0004
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19421228/117/0004
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19451006/061/0003
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19460304/068/0002
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19440219/092/0003
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19450221/095/0007
- ^ https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19460225/066/0004
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001853/19451024/019/0022
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/168982753/person/432258455618/facts
Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players