Alistair Scown

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| name = Alistair Scown

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| birth_name = Alistair Ian Scown

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1948|10|21}}

| birth_place = Patea, New Zealand

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| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|95|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Flanker

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1972

| repcaps1 = 5

| reppoints1 = 4

| ru_province1 = {{Rut|Taranaki}}

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1968–76

| ru_provinceapps1 = 77

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| relatives = Sonia Waddell (daughter)
Rob Waddell (son-in-law)Hayden Scown (son) Amanda Merrington (daughter)

| school = Patea District High School

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Alistair Ian Scown (born 21 October 1948) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He has five caps as an All Black. All his test appearances were in 1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/7950.html|title=Alistair Scown New Zealand |work=ESPNscrum|publisher=ESPN Inc.|accessdate=3 December 2012}}

Scown is known for being a player involved in what has been described as "the greatest try of them all"{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/newzealand/6729175/Barbarians-v-New-Zealand-73-the-greatest-try-of-them-all.html|title=Barbarians v New Zealand '73 – the greatest try of them all|last=Gallagher |first=Brendan|date=4 December 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=3 December 2012}} in a match between Barbarian FC and the All Blacks in 1973.

Scown's daughter Sonia has represented New Zealand in rowing, and won bronze at the 2001 World Rowing Championships. Scown's son-in-law is Rob Waddell, who won a rowing gold at the 2000 Olympics.{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Lib|title=Waddell's in-laws living Cup challenge|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/9177504/Waddells-in-laws-living-Cup-challenge|accessdate=26 September 2015|work=Waikato Times|date=18 September 2013}}

Scown's son Hayden is an accomplished rugby player, having played at Provincial level for Waikato, and age group New Zealand level.

Scown's youngest daughter, Amanda Merrington, is a real estate agent living in Cambridge.