Hamish Scott

For the Scottish academic, see Hamish Scott (historian).

Hamish Scott (17 February 1924 – 12 March 2010) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. He played at Flanker and Number Eight.^[1]

Hamish Scott

Birth name	James Stuart Scott
Date of birth	(1924-02-17)17 February 1924
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	12 March 2010(2010-03-12) (aged 86)
Place of death	St Andrews, Scotland
School	Madras College
University	University of St Andrews
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Number Eight Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) St Andrews University () – Blackheath () – Madras College FP () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) North of Scotland () - North Malaya () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1950 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby career

Amateur career

Born in Edinburgh, Scott was raised in St Andrews and attended the University of St Andrews, where he studied geology.

Scott played for St Andrews University rugby club^[2]

He briefly played for Blackheath in London before moving to Asia.

He later completed his PhD in parasitology at University of St Andrews when he then played for Madras College F.P.

Provincial career

Scott played for North of Scotland.^[3]

Whilst in Malaya he played for North Malaya at rugby.^[4]

International career

He was capped for Scotland once in 1950, playing in the Five Nations match against England at Murrayfield Stadium on 18 March 1950.^[5] Scotland won the match 13 - 11.^[5]

He was capped at Number Eight.^[4]

Outside of rugby

He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War aboard HMS Scorpion and was involved in escorting duties for the Russian convoy ships in the Arctic Ocean.^[4][6][7] His navy career took him to the Pacific and he served in Australia.^[7]

In 1949 he was the official photographer for a Himalayan expedition in Nepal which saw the first ascent of Paldor and the discovery of the Tilman Pass. The expedition included Norgay Tensing and was led by Bill Tilman,^[4][7]

He took up a post in Malaya with the colonial government as a Marine Biologist, and wrote a book on the fish off the Malaysian coast.^[4][7]

He was to later move to Nigeria, then Canada; where he stayed in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. He died in 2010, at Scotland's St Andrews on a visit home to Fife.^{[4] [7]}

References

1. "James Stuart Scott".
2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
3. "University of St Andrews Rugby Football Club". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
4. "Biographies".
5. "Scotland v England".
6. "Obituary: Hamish Scott".
7. "Hamish Scott - Scottish Rugby Union".