title: John Macphail (rugby union)
text: # John Macphail (rugby union)
  
  John Macphail (14 October 1923 – 10 June 2004) was a Scottish international rugby union player. The John Macphail Scholarship for Scottish rugby union players is named in the memory of the player.
  
  ## Rugby Union career
  
  ### Amateur career
  
  Macphail was born in the Amber Mansions of Singapore; but brought up in first in South Africa and then in Scotland. He attended Edinburgh Academy, and played rugby union for Edinburgh Academicals.
  
  ### Provincial career
  
  He was capped for Edinburgh District. He played in the 1949 inter-city match against Glasgow District.
  
  ### International career
  
  He was capped for Scotland twice, playing first against England at Twickenham in 1949, and then against South Africa at Murrayfield in 1951.
  
  ## Business career
  
  He became the Chairman of the Scottish Whisky Association; and of the Edrington Group in Glasgow. He was awarded the CBE medal.
  
  ## Family
  
  His father Lachlan Rose Macphail was a Scottish stockbroker. He died in 1937, when John Macphail was just 13.
  
  Macphail married Edith Crabbie in Edinburgh in 1947.
  
  They had 2 children: Copper and Michael.
  
  ## Death
  
  He was buried in Logierait Churchyard.
  
  ## Scholarship
  
  The John Macphail Scholarship is a rugby union scholarship for up and coming Scottish players, and is made by the Robertson Trust in memory of John Macphail. The scholarship began for season 2005-06 and is awarded annually.
  
  