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Stewart Wilson (born 22 October 1942) is a former international
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player. He played as a fullback. He had 22 caps for
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between 1964 and 1968, and captained his country in four international matches.Griffiths, page 2:37-2:39 He scored 68 points in internationals for Scotland. He was selected for the
1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand In 1966 the British Lions toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against but lost all four internationals against the All Blacks. Overall the tourists played thirty-five matches, winning twenty-three, losing nin ...
, and played in the second international against and all four tests against the
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, scoring 30 points which was a Lions career record for test match points at the time. He represented
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in the
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in 1963 and 1964 and played club rugby for London Scottish.


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1942 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford Barbarian F.C. players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland London Scottish F.C. players Oxford University RFC players Rugby union fullbacks Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-1940s-stub