Alexander McLaren (rugby union)

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

Alexander McLaren
Birth nameDavid Alexander McLaren
Date of birth(1910-08-29)29 August 1910
Place of birthBrancepeth, England
Date of death17 February 1974(1974-02-17) (aged 63)
Place of deathBrancepeth, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Durham City ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1929 Anglo-Scots ()
1931 Scotland Possibles ()
1931 Durham County ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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

Provincial career

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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

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

Rowing career

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

Farming career

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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

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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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  1. ^ "David Alexander McLaren". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. ^ a b c https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000378/19380609/158/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19291223/336/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19310112/207/0010 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19320131/022/0022 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Scotland v France". ESPN scrum.
  8. ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19650807/233/0012 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)