Alastair Biggar

Alastair Gourlay Biggar
Date of birth4 August 1946
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death6 February 2016(2016-02-06) (aged 69)
Place of deathCerne Abbas, England
SchoolSedbergh School
UniversityShuttleworth College[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing / Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps Points
1966-76 London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps Points
Middlesex ()
East Midlands ()
Sussex ()
1966 South Eastern Counties 1 ()
1969 Combined Scottish Districts 1 (6)
International career
Years Team Apps Points
1969-72 Scotland 12
1971 British and Irish Lions
1968-70 Barbarians 7 (9)

Alastair Gourlay Biggar (4 August 1946 – 6 February 2016) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to Sedbergh School and played rugby for their school side.[3]

He played for London Scottish.[4] He joined the club in 1966.[5]

He was inducted into the London Scottish Hall of Fame in 2009.[5]

Provincial career

He played for Middlesex, East Midlands and Sussex. He played for South Eastern Counties in 1966 against Australia, with the London Counties side winning 14-9.[6]

He played for the Combined Scottish Districts on 26 November 1969 against the Combined Services side. The Scottish Districts won the match 31-12, with Biggar scoring two tries.[4]

International career

Playing for Scotland Schools he was part of the Scotland side that beat England 57-0 in 1965.[5]

He was capped twelve times for his country,[2] between 1969 and 1972, including the Five Nations seasons of 1970, 1971 and 1972. His debut was Scotland's 6-3 win over South Africa.[7]

In the 1972 game against Wales, he sustained a hamstring injury.[8] He played England three times, winning every match.[9]

He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions.[10] He played 10 games on the tour scoring nine tries, but was not picked to play a test match.[11]

He played 7 matches for the Barbarians and scored 9 points, between 1968 and 1970.[6]

Business career

His father ran the family feed mill in Dalbeattie. On moving to London, Biggar became a foreign exchange broker.[11]

Family

Fellow London Scottish and Scotland player Mike Biggar was his cousin, the Scotland flanker Douglas Elliot was his uncle.[11] He was married twice, with 2 children from the first marriage and one from the second marriage.[11]

Death

He died on 6 February 2016 from cancer.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Vallance, Matt. "Alastair Biggar". The Herald. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b Alastair Biggar rugby profile Scrum.com
  3. ^ "OS ALISTAIR BIGGAR (S 60-64), SCOTLAND & LIONS WINGER, DIES AGED 69 – Sedbergh School Association".
  4. ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ^ a b c "Scottish legend Alastair Biggar passes away". 10 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Alastair Gourlay Biggar". Barbarians.
  7. ^ "Alastair BIGGAR - International Rugby Union Caps. - Scotland". Sporting Heroes.
  8. ^ "Classics: Wales v Scotland – 1972". Welsh Rugby Union. 9 February 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Alastair Biggar, rugby player - obituary". The Telegraph. 26 February 2016.
  10. ^ Alastair Biggar Lions profile lionsrugby.com
  11. ^ a b c d "Obituary: Alastair Gourlay Biggar, rugby player". The Scotsman. 13 February 2016.
Sources
  • Bath, Richard (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. London: Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905326-24-2. LCCN 2008353825.
  • Godwin, Terry (1987). Complete Who's Who of International Rugby. New York: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-1838-2. LCCN 87122664.
  • McLaren, Bill (1991). Talking of Rugby. London: Stanley Paul. ISBN 0-09-173875-X.
  • Massie, Allan (1984). A Portrait of Scottish Rugby. Edinburgh: Polygon Books. ISBN 0-904919-84-6.
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