Angus Cameron (24 June 1929 – 1 April 1991) was a Scottish international

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow HSFP.

Provincial career

He was selected for Glasgow District and played in the

Scottish Inter-District Championship The Scottish Inter-District Championship is a rugby union competition between regional sides in Scotland. Established in 1953, the tournament went through several formats. The Scottish Rugby Union confirmed in January 2023 that the Scottish In ...

. He played for the Scotland Possibles side in 1947.

International career

He was capped for seventeen times between 1948 and 1956. He also took part in the

1955 British Lions tour to South Africa In 1955 the British Lions rugby union team toured Southern and Eastern Africa. The Lions drew the test series against , each team winning two of the four matches. They won the first test by a single point and the third by three points and lost ...

. He was named as vice-captain. He played in 2 tests against South Africa - and played in another 7 matches against provincial sides; resulting in a total of 9 appearances on the tour kicking 44 points.

Family

His brother

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was also capped for Scotland. Father to Elspeth and Angus. Grandfather to Cameron, Lorna and Angus.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Angus 1929 births 1991 deaths Rugby union players from Glasgow Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Glasgow HSFP players Glasgow District (rugby union) players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland Scotland Possibles players Rugby union fly-halves