Gurth Christian Hoyer-Millar (born 13 December 1929) is a former Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 sportsman who played international rugby union

Rugby union

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 for Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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. He also played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 with the Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...

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Hoyer-Millar spent his early sporting years at Harrow School

Harrow School

Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...

, where he was captain their cricket team in both 1947 and 1948. He was awarded rugby union and boxing blues at Oxford University and also kept wicket

Wicket-keeper

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 for the university in two first-class matches in 1952, against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 and Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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He was capped just once for the Scotland national rugby union team

Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...

. His only Test came against Ireland at Murrayfield in the 1953 Five Nations Championship

1953 Five Nations Championship

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A lawyer, Hoyer-Millar ran as a Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

 candidate for the constituency of Southend West

Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the 1964

United Kingdom general election, 1964

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 and 1966 UK General Elections

United Kingdom general election, 1966

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. He was unable to defeat Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 candidate Paul Channon

Paul Channon

Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC , was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997...

 in either election but did finish ahead of Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 candidate Rex Winsbury

Rex Winsbury

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in 1964.