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Donald Crichton-Miller

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Donald Crichton-Miller
Date of birth(1906-12-07)7 December 1906
Place of birthSanremo, Italy
Date of death5 August 1997(1997-08-05) (aged 90)
Place of deathCompton, Berkshire, England
SchoolFettes College
UniversityPembroke College, Cambridge
Notable relative(s)Hugh Crichton-Miller (father)
Occupation(s)Schoolmaster
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931 Scotland 3 (6)

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]

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  1. ^ "Gloucester's thriving Scottish society". thelocalanswer.co.uk. 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Donald Crichton-Miller". The Herald. 21 August 1997.
  3. ^ Theyers, John (5 October 2015). "Crichton-Miller, Donald". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
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