Robert Miln Neill

For other people with the same name, see Robert Neill (disambiguation).

Robert Miln Neill
BornRobert Miln Neill
(1882-09-05)5 September 1882
Scotland
Died14 September 1914(1914-09-14) (aged 32)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SchoolEdinburgh Academy
OccupationChartered accountant
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1897-8 Edinburgh Academicals RFC
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1901 Scotland
1903 British and Irish Lions

Robert Miln Neil (5 September 1882 – 14 September 1914) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1][2] He went to Edinburgh Academy and also played for Edinburgh Academicals.[1][2] He was on the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa.[1][2] Gillespie was a chartered accountant by profession; he died in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya of appendicitis.[2]

References

  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  • Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
  • Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
  1. ^ a b c Bath, p117
  2. ^ a b c d Godwin, p301
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