A J W HINSHELWOOD

1966 - France, Wales, Ireland, England and Australia
1967 - France, Wales, Ireland, England and New Zealand
1968 - France, Wales, Ireland, England and Australia
1969 - France, Wales, Ireland and South Africa
1970 - France and Wales

Sandy Hinshelwood played in the school XV from 1958-60 as a strong running centre and a prominent member of the athletics squad. When he joined the FP's he was switched to wing and scored 11 tries in his first season. Injuries halted his representative recognition but he was selected on Scotland's Canada tour of 1965. In one match he scored five tries! This earned him a reserve spot for the Calcutta Cup match at Twickenham later in the season.

He played for the Scottish Districts against the touring South Africans and scored two tries in the winning score of 16-8. He was invited on the Barbarians Easter Tour and played against Penarth, Cardiff and Newport scoring three tries.

He joined London Scottish after he moved to London and was capped in all the 1966 internationals and managed to score two tries against Ireland.

He was selected for the British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand and scored three tries in the opening game. He played in two test matches scoring a great individual try in the Final Test Match. For the next two seasons, he was a regular member of the Scottish team and was chosen again for the Lions tour of South Africa in 1968. He played in the final Test only but finished the tour as equal top try scorer with Gareth Edwards. He gained a total of 21 caps and scored 5 tries in his career with Scotland.

He was undoubtedly one of the most accomplished wings ever to play for Scotland and he was more than a useful sevens player. He was a member of the teams that won the Murrayfield Sevens from 1962-65 and the Langholm Sevens in 1965.

He later emigrated to Australia.

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