Ian Lumsden

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| birth_name = Ian James Michael Lumsden

| birth_date = 6 April 1923

| birth_place = Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = August 2008 (aged 85)

| death_place = Mosman Park, Perth, Australia

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| position = Fullback

| repteam1 = Scotland

| repyears1 = 1947-1949

| repcaps1 = 7

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| province1 = Scotland Probables

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Ian James Michael Lumsden (6 April 1923 – August 2008) was a Scottish rugby union international.{{cite web |title=IAN LUMSDEN |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/4894.html |publisher=ESPN UK |accessdate=12 September 2020}}

Rugby Union career

=Provincial career=

He represented the Scotland Probables side in 1947.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19471222/070/0002|title = }}

=International career=

Lumsden, a full-back and occasional fly half, was capped seven times in Tests for Scotland.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/4894.html|title=Scotland/Players&Officials/Ian Lumsden|publisher=Scrum.com}} These appearances came in both the 1947 and 1949 Five Nations Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/4894.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title=Statsguru/Player analysis/Ian Lumsden/Test matches|publisher=Scrum.com}}

Cricket career

He also played first-class cricket with the Scottish national team and the Combined Services during the 1940s. A middle order batsman, Lumsden made 379 runs at 27.07 from his seven first-class matches. He made three half centuries, two of which, including his highest score of 66, came in a drawn match with Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1948.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18586.html|title=Warwickshire v Scotland 1948|publisher=CricketArchive}}