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Peter Lillington
Scottish rugby union player
Peter Murray Lillington (born 1959 in Ely, Cambridgeshire) is a former Scotland 'B' international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Peter Murray Lillington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | c. 1959 (age 64–65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ely, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Lillington competed for Durham University RFC as an undergraduate. He continued his studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he played for Cambridge University R. U. F. C.[2] For his club rugby, Lillington turned out for Harlequins.[3]
Provincial career
He played for the Anglo-Scots district side in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.[4]
International career
He had two caps for Scotland 'B'. Both caps were against France 'B' from 1981 to 1982.[5][6]
He represented Scotland as a forward on the 1981 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand.[7]
Lillington initially pulled out of the tour due to university examinations clashing with the tour schedule, but was recalled to the Scotland squad in June after exams were over.[8][9] He was not capped in a test match.
He is the son of former sprinter Alan Lillington.[10]
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- MacWeeney, Paul (16 March 1982). "Conditions conquered". The Times. p. 19.
- "RICS Rugby Ball Reunites Old Team Mates". CRASH. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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- "Peter M. Lillington". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- "Scotland lose Beattie for NZ tour". The Times. 7 May 1981. p. 10.
- "Lillington waits in queue". The Times. 11 June 1981. p. 20.
- "Heaton Olympians". Heaton History Group. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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