Donald Crichton-Miller
Date of birth | 7 December 1906 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Sanremo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 August 1997 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Compton, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | Fettes College | ||||||||||||||||
University | Pembroke College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Hugh Crichton-Miller (father) | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Schoolmaster | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Donald Crichton-Miller (7 December 1906 — 5 August 1997) was a British teacher, headmaster, and Scotland international rugby union player of the 1930s.[1]
Born in Sanremo, Crichton-Miller was the eldest son of then Italy-based psychiatrist Hugh Crichton-Miller. He was head of school at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, earning rugby blues in 1928.[2]
Crichton-Miller, a wing-forward, played for Gloucester from 1929 to 1931, while teaching at Monmouth High School, then moved on to Bath when he joined Bryanston School. During the 1931 Five Nations, Crichton-Miller gained three Scotland caps, scoring two tries on his debut against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park. He was a Hampshire representative player and competed for London Counties against the touring 1931–32 Springboks.[3]
Retiring from rugby in 1934, Crichton-Miller briefly taught at Stowe School and in 1936 was appointed the new Taunton School headmaster. He was the first postwar headmaster of his old school Fettes College, a role he held until 1958, then had five years as headmaster back at Stowe School before retiring.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gloucester's thriving Scottish society". thelocalanswer.co.uk. 24 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Donald Crichton-Miller". The Herald. 21 August 1997.
- ^ Theyers, John (5 October 2015). "Crichton-Miller, Donald". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
External links
[edit]- Donald Crichton-Miller at ESPNscrum
- 1906 births
- 1997 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Gloucester Rugby players
- Bath Rugby players
- Hampshire County RFU players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- People educated at Fettes College
- People from Sanremo
- Scottish schoolteachers
- Heads of schools in Scotland
- Headmasters of Stowe School
- London Counties rugby union players