Английская Википедия:Alexander McLaren (rugby union)

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Шаблон:Infobox rugby biography Alexander McLaren (29 August 1910 – 24 February 1974) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

McLaren played for Durham City.[2] He captained the side.[3]

Provincial career

He played for Anglo-Scots in the December 1929 match against Provinces District.[4]

He played for Scotland Possibles in the 1931 final trial match.[5]

He played for Durham County.[6]

International career

He was capped once for Scotland in 1931.[7]

Rowing career

For many years he stroked a Durham City crew.[3]

Farming career

His grandfather and then father owned a farm at East Parks at Brancepeth, in the family since 1883. This passed to Alexander on his death in 1931.[8]

Alexander was born at the farm. He was noted for keeping pigs.[8]

Family

His grandfather Peter McLaren from Scotland married Janet Pattullo from Angus, Scotland. They moved to Durham and took on a farm in 1883.

His father was Henry Pattullo MacLaren (1873-1931) was then born in Durham. His mother was Agnes Mary Tiernan Graham (1878-1950) from Paisley.

Alexander married Marguerite Frances Bell (1912-2001) in 1938 at St. Helen's Church in Low Fell.[3]

References

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  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 Шаблон:Cite web
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  8. 8,0 8,1 Шаблон:Cite web