Gurth Hoyer-Millar

Who is Gurth Hoyer-Millar?

Gurth Christian Hoyer-Millar is a former Scottish sportsman who played international rugby union for Scotland. He also played first-class cricket with the Oxford University Cricket Club.

Hoyer-Millar spent his early sporting years at Harrow School, 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 for the university in two first-class matches in 1952, against Kent and Warwickshire.

He was capped just once for the Scotland national rugby union team. His only Test came against Ireland at Murrayfield in the 1953 Five Nations Championship.

A lawyer, Hoyer-Millar ran as a Liberal candidate for the constituency of Southend West in the 1964 and 1966 UK General Elections. He was unable to defeat Conservative candidate Paul Channon in either election but did finish ahead of Labour candidate Rex Winsbury in 1964.