Ranald Macdonald

Ranald Macdonald
	Macdonald in New Zealand in 1950
Birth name	Ranald Macdonald
Date of birth	18 January 1928
Place of birth	Consett, England
Date of death	2 October 1999 (aged 71)
Place of death	Shotley Bridge, England
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre / Fly-half / Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
-	Edinburgh University RFC;
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
-	Edinburgh District; Cities District
International career
Years	Team
1950; 1950	Scotland; British and Irish Lions;

Ranald Macdonald (18 January 1928 – 2 October 1999)^[1] was a Scotland international rugby union player who played for Edinburgh University.^[2] Normally a fly-half, he also played at centre and on the wing.

Rugby career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh University RFC at Fly-half, forming a successful half-back pairing with Edinburgh University's scrum half Gus Black.^[3]

Provincial career

He was capped for Edinburgh District while still at Edinburgh University. He played in the 1947 inter-city match against Glasgow District, scoring a try.^[4] He played on 2 December 1950 inter-city match against Glasgow District.^[5]

He played for Cities against Australia in 1947.^[6]

International career

He was capped for Scotland four times in 1950, playing in the Five Nations tournament in every game. He was capped at Centre.^{[citation needed]}

He was later capped for British and Irish Lions in the same year, and played on the Wing for the Lions.^[2] He scored two tries in games against Wanganui and Ceylon.^[2] He had two Lions test caps but played 14 times in total on the tour scoring 14 tries.^[2]