Peter Lillington

{{Short description|Scottish rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Peter Lillington | image = | caption = | birth_name = Peter Murray Lillington | birth_date = c. {{birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = Ely, Cambridgeshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Durham University | amatteam2 = Cambridge University | amatteam3 = Harlequins | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | ru_clubupdate = | provinceyears1 = | province1 = Anglo-Scots | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | repyears1 = 1981-82 | repteam1 = Scotland 'B' | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | position = Flanker | coachyears1 = | coachteams1 = }} '''Peter Murray Lillington''' (born 1959 in Ely, Cambridgeshire) is a former Scotland 'B' international rugby union player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/9372.html|title=Peter M. Lillington|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>

==Rugby Union career==

===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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacWeeney |first1=Paul |title=Conditions conquered |work=The Times |date=16 March 1982 |page=19}}</ref> For his club rugby, Lillington turned out for Harlequins.<ref>{{cite web |title=RICS Rugby Ball Reunites Old Team Mates |url=http://www.crash.org.uk/news/rics-rugby-ball-reunites-old-team-mates/ |website=CRASH |accessdate=7 September 2019 |date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

===Provincial career===

He played for the Anglo-Scots district side in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-_89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fkkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2101,6188436|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>

===International career===

He had two caps for Scotland 'B'. Both caps were against France 'B' from 1981 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19810309&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820208&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>

He represented Scotland as a forward on the 1981 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter M. Lillington |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/9372.html |website=ESPN scrum |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scotland lose Beattie for NZ tour|work=The Times |page=10 |date=7 May 1981}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lillington waits in queue|work=The Times |page=20 |date=11 June 1981}}</ref> He was not capped in a test match.

==Family==

He is the son of former sprinter Alan Lillington.<ref name="heaton">{{cite web |title=Heaton Olympians |url=https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2021/06/29/heaton-olympians/ |website=Heaton History Group |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=29 June 2021}}</ref>

==References==

==External links== * {{ESPNscrum|9372}}

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