{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Alec Elliot Murray | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|10|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Shanghai, China | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|8|24|1923|10|8|df=y}} | death_place = Woking, England | height = | weight = | position = Centre | amatyears1 = | amatyears2 = | amatyears3 = 1942 | amatyears4 = 1945-49 | amatyears5 = 1946 | amatteam1 = Rosslyn Park | amatteam2 = Oxford University | amatteam3 = J. E. Thorneloe's XV | amatteam4 = London Scottish | amatteam5 = Royal Navy | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | provinceyears1 = | province1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | repteam1 = Scotland | repyears1 = 1944 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | school = Sedbergh School | university = Christ Church, Oxford }}
'''Alec Elliot Murray''' (8 October 1923 - 24 August 1994) was a Scotland international rugby union player.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://scottishrugby.org/cap-that-scottish-rugby-recognises-past-players/|title=Cap that! Scottish Rugby recognises past players|first=Stuart|last=MacLennan|date=October 1, 2024|website=Scottish Rugby}}</ref>
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
When he moved to England from China, he learned rugby at Sedbergh School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19421125/084/0002|title=}}</ref>
He played for Rosslyn Park.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19440219/092/0003|title=}}</ref>
He went to Christ Church, Oxford and played rugby union for Oxford University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19450219/050/0003|title=}}</ref> He also won the 100 yards sprint in 1943, running that distance in 10.3 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19430308/091/0004|title=}}</ref>
He played for a J. E. Thorneloe's XV in 1942 against the Barbarians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19421228/117/0004|title=}}</ref>
He played for London Scottish in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19451006/061/0003|title=}}</ref>
He was picked for the Royal Navy to play against the Army in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19460304/068/0002|title=}}</ref>
===International career===
His father was James Elliot Murray from Scotland.
The Scottish selector G. B. Dryden discovered that Murray was 'an out and out Scot', after watching his matches for Oxford University.<ref name="auto1"/>
He played for Scotland against England at Murrayfield on 26 February 1944. He was described as "a dashing young player of fine physique who, if fortune favours him, shows promise of becoming another Ian Smith."<ref name="auto"/>
He was posthumously awarded his Scotland cap when the SRU decided to give full caps for the Services matches in the Second World War.<ref name="auto"/>
==Military career==
He was a Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19450221/095/0007|title=}}</ref> He went on the HMS Victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19460225/066/0004|title=}}</ref>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Alec Elliot}} Category:Scottish rugby union players Category:Scotland international rugby union players Category:Rosslyn Park F.C. players Category:Oxford University RFC players Category:London Scottish F.C. players Category:Royal Navy rugby union players Category:1923 births Category:1994 deaths