Neil McPherson (rugby union)

British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player

Neil McPherson

Birth name

Neil Clarke McPherson

Date of birth

(1892-09-26)26 September 1892

Place of birth

Cardiff, Wales

Date of death

12 November 1957(1957-11-12) (aged 65)

Place of death

Newport, Wales

School

Durham Road School, Newport

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Prop, Flanker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Newport RFC		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1920-1923	Scotland	7	(0)
1924	British Isles	4	(0)

Neil McPherson OBE, (26 September 1892 – 12 November 1957) was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Scotland and the British Lions. McPherson played club rugby for Newport and captained the team in the 1921/22 season.

McPherson gained his first cap for Scotland in 1920 against Wales at Inverleith alongside teammate Dr E Fahmy, who also played his club rugby in Wales. Scotland won 9–5, and prevented Wales from winning the Grand Slam. After accepting a gold watch as part of Newport's invincible 1922/23 season, the Scottish Rugby Union suspended McPherson for what they saw as an act of professionalism; but he was later re-instated. McPherson's last game for Scotland was against Ireland, but was chosen to join the British Lions 1924 tour of South Africa, when he played in all four tests against the Springboks.

International matches played
Scotland

England 1920, 1921, 1923
France 1921
Ireland 1920, 1923
Wales 1920

British Lions

South Africa 1924, 1924, 1924, 1924

References

Newport RFC player profiles

ESPN Scrum – Neil McPherson

v t e British Lions – 1924 South Africa tour
Forwards	Blakiston (Blackheath) Bradley (Dolphin) Brand (North of Ireland FC) Clinch (Dublin University) Cove-Smith (Old Merchant Taylors) (capt) D. Davies (Hawick and Scotland) Henderson (Newcastle Northern and Scotland) Hendrie (Heriots FP and Scotland) R.A. Howie (Kirkcaldy RFC and Scotland) Marsden-Jones (Cardiff and London Welsh) McPherson (Newport) McVicker (Collegians) Roche (UCC and Newport) Ross (Kilmarnock and Scotland) Voyce (Gloucester)
Backs	Bordass (Cambridge University) Cunningham (Lansdowne) H. Davies (Newport) Drysdale (Heriots FP and Scotland) W.F. Gaisford (St. Bart's Hospital) V. Griffiths (Newport) Holliday (Aspatria) Harris (Blackheath) Harding (Swansea) Kinnear (Heriots FP and Scotland) Maxwell (Birkenhead Park) Ian Smith (Oxford University and Scotland) Waddell (Glasgow Academicals and Scotland) Wallace (Percy Park) Whitley (Northern) Young (Blackheath)
Coach	Manager: Harry Packer

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