About Douglas Lowe
Douglas Lowe was a British rugby union player.
James Douglas Lowe (28 May 1906 — 7 November 1936) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Lowe was the son of David Lowe, Provost of Musselburgh, and a brother of horticulturalist David Lowe.
A forward, Lowe played for Edinburgh club Heriot's FP. He gained his solitary Scotland cap against Wales at Murrayfield in the 1934 Home Nations and represented Cities (Edinburgh & Glasgow) against the touring 1935–36 All Blacks.
Lowe died of illness in 1936 at the age of 30. He had noticed a pain in his arm a week prior following a club game with Heriot's, then several days later was taken ill and diagnosed with blood poisoning.
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