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He played for the Army while on National Service
in England and was to receive the highest praise from rugby
writers in the south. He played for the Combined Services
XV against the French Forces.
He continued to play district games and was
frequently a reserve for international matches. He was selected
to play against France 1964 after playing brilliantly for
the Rest XV in the final trial, dropping two goals and scoring
a typically opportunist try. He played in the memorable
drawn match with New Zealand when his tactical kicking helped
Scotland deny the All Blacks any score.
It was unfortunate that he was a contemporary
of G H Waddell (London Scottish) whose orthodox style appealed
to the selectors more than the adventurous style of Gregor
Sharp and this undoubtedly cost him the chance of more international
caps.
In club rugby he was a prolific scorer, amassing
over 1,000 points in the course of his career. The highest
was 144 in 1963-64. He was a natural sevens player being
in all the sucessful Stewart's teams of his day, including
the outstanding 1959 VII and the one that contested the
1962 Twickenham final.
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