Honours
Scotland
R.Munro
1871: E
A.Clunies-Ross
1871: E
“Alfred was born around 1851 on Cocos. After attending Madras College he then studied medicine in Edinburgh and during 1873 worked at St George's Hospital in London.. E.W. Birch in his government report around 1885 wrote of Alfred: "He was a medical student but did not graduate. He lives at the Cocos and is the doctor of the place. He is a bachelor, an exceedingly well-informed man, talks well on most subjects, and is very popular with the natives. He is an excellent carpenter." He married his cousin Ellen at Cocos in 1886 and they had 5 children.
The "St Andrews Gazette" records a cricket match played between St Andrews University and Madras College in March 1864 (Madras won by 21 runs) and mentions "the very clever hitting and fielding of Affie Ross, a lively and smart little fellow, to all appearances not yet reached his teens". He is also recorded playing a football fixture on 9th January, 1869 at the Baxter Park, Dundee against Aberdeen University. He is there referred to as Alf Ross and his brother Alex Ross was also in the team. Alfred was also an excellent Rugby Football player. During his stay in Edinburgh he played in the very first Rugby Football International between Scotland and England. The Rugby Football Union was newly formed and the first fixture they arranged was a match on 27th March 1871 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, between Scotland and England. Alfred was in the Scottish XX team that day. The result was a victory for Scotland. He subsequently played for the Wasps (1874-80) during his time in London. In 1888 Alfred went to work in North Borneo. In 1901 he became seriously ill and moved to Singapore. He returned to Cocos to recuperate in 1902 but died in 1903.” www.madras.fife.sch.uk/archive
P.Anton
1873: E
“The late Peter Anton, afterwards minister of Kilsyth, and, I think, one of Scotland's team in the first international, was a very tall and a very powerful man. He was an all-round athlete, as was shown by the fact that he carried off both the hammer and the hundred yards. Now Peter made a bet with some of his chums that he would single-handed play ten Madras schoolboys. A crowd assembled to see the match. Hacking, which was then lawful, was barred for the occasion. The match did not last a quarter of an hour. Peter was hopelessly outclassed or rather outnumbered, and after several goals had been scored against him, he chucked it. I can well remember how, when this happened, another student - a divinity student, too - who had a bet with Anton exclaimed: "Now for the beer!"” Lord Sands
A.R. Moodie
1910: F
1911: F
C.C.P. Hill
1912: F, I
R.C. Stevenson
1910: F, I, E
1911: F, W, I
J.S. Wilson
1931: F, W, I, E
1932: E
D.J. Macrae
1937: W, I, E
1938: W, I, E
1939: W, I, E
“Duncan MacRae MC was educated at the Academy and played in the Accies team that won the Hawick Sevens in 1935/6 (a team that incidentally included Ben Tod). After the Academy he went on to study at St Andrews University where he gained nine caps for Scotland - winning on his debut away in Wales in February 1937 and playing in the victory over England at Twickenham in 1938 - and was a British Lion, going on the tour to South Africa in 1938.” (c/o Edinburgh Academicals Website)
R.B. Bruce-Lockhart
Cambridge University, London Scottish)
1937: I
1939: I, E
AM Thompson
1949: I
Hamish Scott
1950: E
I.S. Swan
Army, L Scot, Leic, Cov
1953: E
1954: F, Nz, I, E, W
1955: F, W, I, E
1956: F, W, I, E
1957: F, W
1958: F
M.K. Elgie
Lond Scot
1954: Nz, I, E, W
1955: F, W, I, E
“Michael Kelsey 'Kim' Elgie (born 6th March, 1933, Berea, Durban, Natal) is a former South African and Natal cricketer who played in 3 Tests against New Zealand from 1961 to 1962. Kim was a capable right-hand batsman and slow left-armer with his only significant contribution coming at Johannesburg where he made 56. He also played rugby for Scotland eight times as a centre while he was studying at the University of St Andrews between 1954-55 and 1955-56.”
Test Career:
3 Matches, Runs 75, Batting Av. 12.50, 1 x 50, Top Score 56, Catches 4.
First Class Career:
32 Matches, 1834 Runs, Batting Av. 36.57, 3 x 100, 13 x 50, Top Score 162*, 10 Wickets, Bowling Av. 40.5, Best Bowling 3/16, 25 Catches.
Kim played for the College Rovers Club, the second oldest rugby club in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
D.J. Whyte
Edin Wand
1965: W, I, E, Sa
1966: F, W, I, E, A
1967: F, W, I, E
DAVID JAMES WHYTE Athletics and Rugby Union
Inducted into the University Hall of Fame: 27th April, 2007
Born: Cupar, Fife 1940
Connection: MA English 1963
High jump Scottish Universities
Championships
(Aberdeen 1961)
“Finest achievement: Representing Great Britain aged 18 in the long jump and recording a distance of 23 feet 4 inches, 13 Scottish rugby caps, Barbarian, 8 Great Britain athletics vests.
Memory of St Andrews: Acting as the Jester at the Kate Kennedy Procession and being hunted down by a horde of children.
Sporting achievements: David was one of a rare breed winning a GB Athletics vest in his first year of undergraduate studies aged 18. Apart from his main event of long jump David also was more than a capable sprinter (100 yards personal best 10secs), triple jumper and high jumper. He won the AAA long jump title aged 19 in 1959, Scottish AAA Champion 1959, 1960 and 1966, a British and Irish Lions reserve 1961 and had 13 Scottish rugby caps 1965-7.” Taken from the University Hall of Fame
Chris WW Rea
W Scot, Headingley
1968: A
1969: F, W, I, Sa
1970: F, W, I, A
1971: F, W, E, EC
Chris Rea, a member of the St Andrews 1st XV between 1964 and 66, captained the British Universties in 1966 and gained 13 Scottish caps at centre between 1968 and 71 scoring three tries. Other clubs played for included West of Scotland and Headingly.
His first cap was won in the 9-3 victory against Australia in November 1968 signalled the start of a 4 year Scotland career that ended as it had begun, in victory, this time 26-6 against England on 27th March 1971 in the game marking that particular fixture’s centenary. Not only did Chris score a try in the game but it was his second victory over England in that month, having been part of the squad that won the previous weeks 5 Nations meeting between the two sides.
He was also a member of the victorious 1971 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, referred to by many as the greatest ever to leave these shores and which won admiration of the rugby world by the magnificent achievement of becoming the first side ever to win a test series in New Zealand. Although picked as a centre, Chris played mostly as a fly-half during the tour due to injuries in the squad. He played 10 games for the tourists and scored three tries.
After his playing career ended, Chris became a highly successful sports journalist before applying his communication skills as the IRB media manager.
David Bell
Watsonians
1975: I, F, W, E
Cameron Glasgow
Heriots FP, Edinburgh
1997: F(r)
Cameron Glasgow, the Heriot's wing who went to South Africa with the World Cup squad in 1995
Jon M Petrie
Glasgow Caledonians, GlasgowWarriors
2000 NZ(2) US A Sam
2001 FW It(r) I(r) T Arg
2002 F(r)W(r) C R(r) Fj
2003 F(r)W(1r) SA(1r,2r) It(2)W(2) I(2r) rwc[J US F(r) A(r)]
2004 It(r) I(r) Sam(r) A(1r,2r,3r) J A(4) SA(r)
2005 F I ItW E(r) R
2006 F(r)W(r) I(r) SA(2)
Jonathan Michael Petrie had two seasons in Scotland's under-21 team, making his debut against the Irish in 1997 while he was playing in France with Colomiers. Petrie's Scotland A debut was in the 99-0 win over the Netherlands at Murrayfield in December 1999. He won his first cap in the second test on the tour of New Zealand in 2000, his first try for Scotland came in the 31-8 November 2000 win against Samoa.
Jon Petrie was denied his first test series as captain by injury ahead of the matches against Argentina, Samoa and New Zealand in November 2005 but went on to captain the side for the internationals against the Barbarians and Romania.
Jon Petrie retired from rugby in the Summer of 2007 after winning 45 caps for Scotland.
England
Damian Hopley
Wasps, Cambridge University (Blue)
1993: Melrose World 7's Trophy Winner
1995: Sam, Sam SA
“After playing first class rugby for over eight years, during which time he won 3 England Caps, a World Cup 7's Winners medal, a Cambridge Blue and various honours with Wasps, Damian was forced to retire from professional rugby in 1998, after a series of knee operations. The lack of support available to professional players led Damian to found the PRA later that same year.
He has been the driving force behind the PRA, having founded the organisation after his retirement. He has been instrumental as the lead negotiator on all player related agreements for both the Engalnd team and the British and Irish Lions over the past four years, and is a board director on England Rugby Limited, the company estabished to run professional rugby in England. His influence ensures that the players' rights are protected and represented at all levels within the sport.
Damian has a Masters degree in Theology from St Andrews University, and went on to postgraduate studies at Cambridge in 1992. Off the field, he also has a high profile in the media having written regular columns for the Daily Telegraph and The Evening Standard.” (http://www.prarugby.com)
Alex Snow
England A/B, Harlequins
Alex was born in 1969 and grew up in Geneva. His father headed Kleinwort Benson in Switzerland. He went to Harrow School and then moved north to university at St Andrews. During his time in Scotland he played rugby for Heriot's FP before moving south. Alex, a second-row forward, is a former England A and B rugby international who played second row for Harlequins. He missed out on a cap because first Wade Dooley and then Martin Johnson were in his position. He retired from rugby in 2000 due to the recurrence of an old ankle injury and is now the Group Chief Executive Officer of Evolution Group PLC after joining the Group in May 2000.
Ireland
Tyrone Howe
Ulster
2000: US, J, SA 2001: It, F, Rom, Sam
2002: It
2003: Tong, W
2004: F, W, E, SA
TYRONE HOWE Rugby Union
Inducted into the Hall of Fame: April 2007
Nickname: TBone
Born: Newtonards 1971
Connection: Graduate MA German and International Relations, 1994
“Finest achievement: Being the sole Ulsterman in the Ireland XV to beat England at Twickenham in 2004. This was the first time England had been beaten since winning the World Cup in 2003 and it set up Ireland to win the Triple Crown for the first time since 1985.
Memory of St Andrews: The dramatic and ever-changing sea, sky and West Sands along which I used to run most Sunday mornings. Together with my flatmates we would then usually cook a huge breakfast.
Sporting achievements: During his first two years and occasionally thereafter, Tyrone played for the University 1st XV. In his third and fourth years, he flew home on Friday to play for Dungannon and returned on Sunday afternoon. After graduating he went to Oxford University where he gained a Blue in the Varsity match against Cambridge. In the following year, he captained the Oxford team. Ulster caps followed along with professional rugby and, when he retired from Ulster Rugby in 2006, he had gained 100 caps for the province. One of the highlights of his career was to return to St Andrews in 2005 for a pre-season training camp with Ulster Rugby in 2005. He represented Ireland 14 times between 2000-2004, scoring six tries and played for the British and Irish Lions on their Australia Tour of 2001.” Taken from the University Hall of Fame.
R.Munro
1871: E
A.Clunies-Ross
1871: E
“Alfred was born around 1851 on Cocos. After attending Madras College he then studied medicine in Edinburgh and during 1873 worked at St George's Hospital in London.. E.W. Birch in his government report around 1885 wrote of Alfred: "He was a medical student but did not graduate. He lives at the Cocos and is the doctor of the place. He is a bachelor, an exceedingly well-informed man, talks well on most subjects, and is very popular with the natives. He is an excellent carpenter." He married his cousin Ellen at Cocos in 1886 and they had 5 children.
The "St Andrews Gazette" records a cricket match played between St Andrews University and Madras College in March 1864 (Madras won by 21 runs) and mentions "the very clever hitting and fielding of Affie Ross, a lively and smart little fellow, to all appearances not yet reached his teens". He is also recorded playing a football fixture on 9th January, 1869 at the Baxter Park, Dundee against Aberdeen University. He is there referred to as Alf Ross and his brother Alex Ross was also in the team. Alfred was also an excellent Rugby Football player. During his stay in Edinburgh he played in the very first Rugby Football International between Scotland and England. The Rugby Football Union was newly formed and the first fixture they arranged was a match on 27th March 1871 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, between Scotland and England. Alfred was in the Scottish XX team that day. The result was a victory for Scotland. He subsequently played for the Wasps (1874-80) during his time in London. In 1888 Alfred went to work in North Borneo. In 1901 he became seriously ill and moved to Singapore. He returned to Cocos to recuperate in 1902 but died in 1903.” www.madras.fife.sch.uk/archive
P.Anton
1873: E
“The late Peter Anton, afterwards minister of Kilsyth, and, I think, one of Scotland's team in the first international, was a very tall and a very powerful man. He was an all-round athlete, as was shown by the fact that he carried off both the hammer and the hundred yards. Now Peter made a bet with some of his chums that he would single-handed play ten Madras schoolboys. A crowd assembled to see the match. Hacking, which was then lawful, was barred for the occasion. The match did not last a quarter of an hour. Peter was hopelessly outclassed or rather outnumbered, and after several goals had been scored against him, he chucked it. I can well remember how, when this happened, another student - a divinity student, too - who had a bet with Anton exclaimed: "Now for the beer!"” Lord Sands
A.R. Moodie
1910: F
1911: F
C.C.P. Hill
1912: F, I
R.C. Stevenson
1910: F, I, E
1911: F, W, I
J.S. Wilson
1931: F, W, I, E
1932: E
D.J. Macrae
1937: W, I, E
1938: W, I, E
1939: W, I, E
“Duncan MacRae MC was educated at the Academy and played in the Accies team that won the Hawick Sevens in 1935/6 (a team that incidentally included Ben Tod). After the Academy he went on to study at St Andrews University where he gained nine caps for Scotland - winning on his debut away in Wales in February 1937 and playing in the victory over England at Twickenham in 1938 - and was a British Lion, going on the tour to South Africa in 1938.” (c/o Edinburgh Academicals Website)
R.B. Bruce-Lockhart
Cambridge University, London Scottish)
1937: I
1939: I, E
AM Thompson
1949: I
Hamish Scott
1950: E
I.S. Swan
Army, L Scot, Leic, Cov
1953: E
1954: F, Nz, I, E, W
1955: F, W, I, E
1956: F, W, I, E
1957: F, W
1958: F
M.K. Elgie
Lond Scot
1954: Nz, I, E, W
1955: F, W, I, E
“Michael Kelsey 'Kim' Elgie (born 6th March, 1933, Berea, Durban, Natal) is a former South African and Natal cricketer who played in 3 Tests against New Zealand from 1961 to 1962. Kim was a capable right-hand batsman and slow left-armer with his only significant contribution coming at Johannesburg where he made 56. He also played rugby for Scotland eight times as a centre while he was studying at the University of St Andrews between 1954-55 and 1955-56.”
Test Career:
3 Matches, Runs 75, Batting Av. 12.50, 1 x 50, Top Score 56, Catches 4.
First Class Career:
32 Matches, 1834 Runs, Batting Av. 36.57, 3 x 100, 13 x 50, Top Score 162*, 10 Wickets, Bowling Av. 40.5, Best Bowling 3/16, 25 Catches.
Kim played for the College Rovers Club, the second oldest rugby club in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
D.J. Whyte
Edin Wand
1965: W, I, E, Sa
1966: F, W, I, E, A
1967: F, W, I, E
DAVID JAMES WHYTE Athletics and Rugby Union
Inducted into the University Hall of Fame: 27th April, 2007
Born: Cupar, Fife 1940
Connection: MA English 1963
High jump Scottish Universities
Championships
(Aberdeen 1961)
“Finest achievement: Representing Great Britain aged 18 in the long jump and recording a distance of 23 feet 4 inches, 13 Scottish rugby caps, Barbarian, 8 Great Britain athletics vests.
Memory of St Andrews: Acting as the Jester at the Kate Kennedy Procession and being hunted down by a horde of children.
Sporting achievements: David was one of a rare breed winning a GB Athletics vest in his first year of undergraduate studies aged 18. Apart from his main event of long jump David also was more than a capable sprinter (100 yards personal best 10secs), triple jumper and high jumper. He won the AAA long jump title aged 19 in 1959, Scottish AAA Champion 1959, 1960 and 1966, a British and Irish Lions reserve 1961 and had 13 Scottish rugby caps 1965-7.” Taken from the University Hall of Fame
Chris WW Rea
W Scot, Headingley
1968: A
1969: F, W, I, Sa
1970: F, W, I, A
1971: F, W, E, EC
Chris Rea, a member of the St Andrews 1st XV between 1964 and 66, captained the British Universties in 1966 and gained 13 Scottish caps at centre between 1968 and 71 scoring three tries. Other clubs played for included West of Scotland and Headingly.
His first cap was won in the 9-3 victory against Australia in November 1968 signalled the start of a 4 year Scotland career that ended as it had begun, in victory, this time 26-6 against England on 27th March 1971 in the game marking that particular fixture’s centenary. Not only did Chris score a try in the game but it was his second victory over England in that month, having been part of the squad that won the previous weeks 5 Nations meeting between the two sides.
He was also a member of the victorious 1971 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, referred to by many as the greatest ever to leave these shores and which won admiration of the rugby world by the magnificent achievement of becoming the first side ever to win a test series in New Zealand. Although picked as a centre, Chris played mostly as a fly-half during the tour due to injuries in the squad. He played 10 games for the tourists and scored three tries.
After his playing career ended, Chris became a highly successful sports journalist before applying his communication skills as the IRB media manager.
David Bell
Watsonians
1975: I, F, W, E
Cameron Glasgow
Heriots FP, Edinburgh
1997: F(r)
Cameron Glasgow, the Heriot's wing who went to South Africa with the World Cup squad in 1995
Jon M Petrie
Glasgow Caledonians, GlasgowWarriors
2000 NZ(2) US A Sam
2001 FW It(r) I(r) T Arg
2002 F(r)W(r) C R(r) Fj
2003 F(r)W(1r) SA(1r,2r) It(2)W(2) I(2r) rwc[J US F(r) A(r)]
2004 It(r) I(r) Sam(r) A(1r,2r,3r) J A(4) SA(r)
2005 F I ItW E(r) R
2006 F(r)W(r) I(r) SA(2)
Jonathan Michael Petrie had two seasons in Scotland's under-21 team, making his debut against the Irish in 1997 while he was playing in France with Colomiers. Petrie's Scotland A debut was in the 99-0 win over the Netherlands at Murrayfield in December 1999. He won his first cap in the second test on the tour of New Zealand in 2000, his first try for Scotland came in the 31-8 November 2000 win against Samoa.
Jon Petrie was denied his first test series as captain by injury ahead of the matches against Argentina, Samoa and New Zealand in November 2005 but went on to captain the side for the internationals against the Barbarians and Romania.
Jon Petrie retired from rugby in the Summer of 2007 after winning 45 caps for Scotland.
England
Damian Hopley
Wasps, Cambridge University (Blue)
1993: Melrose World 7's Trophy Winner
1995: Sam, Sam SA
“After playing first class rugby for over eight years, during which time he won 3 England Caps, a World Cup 7's Winners medal, a Cambridge Blue and various honours with Wasps, Damian was forced to retire from professional rugby in 1998, after a series of knee operations. The lack of support available to professional players led Damian to found the PRA later that same year.
He has been the driving force behind the PRA, having founded the organisation after his retirement. He has been instrumental as the lead negotiator on all player related agreements for both the Engalnd team and the British and Irish Lions over the past four years, and is a board director on England Rugby Limited, the company estabished to run professional rugby in England. His influence ensures that the players' rights are protected and represented at all levels within the sport.
Damian has a Masters degree in Theology from St Andrews University, and went on to postgraduate studies at Cambridge in 1992. Off the field, he also has a high profile in the media having written regular columns for the Daily Telegraph and The Evening Standard.” (http://www.prarugby.com)
Alex Snow
England A/B, Harlequins
Alex was born in 1969 and grew up in Geneva. His father headed Kleinwort Benson in Switzerland. He went to Harrow School and then moved north to university at St Andrews. During his time in Scotland he played rugby for Heriot's FP before moving south. Alex, a second-row forward, is a former England A and B rugby international who played second row for Harlequins. He missed out on a cap because first Wade Dooley and then Martin Johnson were in his position. He retired from rugby in 2000 due to the recurrence of an old ankle injury and is now the Group Chief Executive Officer of Evolution Group PLC after joining the Group in May 2000.
Ireland
Tyrone Howe
Ulster
2000: US, J, SA 2001: It, F, Rom, Sam
2002: It
2003: Tong, W
2004: F, W, E, SA
TYRONE HOWE Rugby Union
Inducted into the Hall of Fame: April 2007
Nickname: TBone
Born: Newtonards 1971
Connection: Graduate MA German and International Relations, 1994
“Finest achievement: Being the sole Ulsterman in the Ireland XV to beat England at Twickenham in 2004. This was the first time England had been beaten since winning the World Cup in 2003 and it set up Ireland to win the Triple Crown for the first time since 1985.
Memory of St Andrews: The dramatic and ever-changing sea, sky and West Sands along which I used to run most Sunday mornings. Together with my flatmates we would then usually cook a huge breakfast.
Sporting achievements: During his first two years and occasionally thereafter, Tyrone played for the University 1st XV. In his third and fourth years, he flew home on Friday to play for Dungannon and returned on Sunday afternoon. After graduating he went to Oxford University where he gained a Blue in the Varsity match against Cambridge. In the following year, he captained the Oxford team. Ulster caps followed along with professional rugby and, when he retired from Ulster Rugby in 2006, he had gained 100 caps for the province. One of the highlights of his career was to return to St Andrews in 2005 for a pre-season training camp with Ulster Rugby in 2005. He represented Ireland 14 times between 2000-2004, scoring six tries and played for the British and Irish Lions on their Australia Tour of 2001.” Taken from the University Hall of Fame.
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