Neil McPherson OBE, was a Welsh rugby union

Rugby union

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 player who represented Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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 and the British Lions

British and Irish Lions

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. 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

Inverleith

Inverleith is an inner suburb in the northern part of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city. It is an affluent suburb. Its neighbours include Trinity to the north and the New Town to the south, with Canonmills at the south-east and Stockbridge at the south-west...

 alongside fellow team-mate 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

Scottish Rugby Union

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 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

British and Irish Lions

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 1924 tour of South Africa

1924 British Lions tour to South Africa

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; he played in all four tests against the Springboks.

International matches played

Scotland 1920, 1921, 1923 1921 1920, 1923 1920

British Lions 1924, 1924, 1924, 1924