| Code | DS/UK/1438 |
| Dates | 1955- |
| Person Name | Hignell; Alastair James (1955-); CBE; English rugby union player, cricketer, teacher, journalist and MS campaigner |
| Surname | Hignell |
| Forenames | Alastair James |
| Title | CBE |
| Epithet | English rugby union player, cricketer, teacher, journalist and MS campaigner |
| Activity | Educated Denstone College and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (Blues in cricket and rugby union and only the second person to captain Cambridge at both cricket and rugby union). Fullback, played for Cambridge University, Bristol and England (1975-1979, 14 caps, 48 points). At cricket he played for Gloucestershire, 1974–1983, and Cambridge University (1975-1978), First Class statistics 170 matches, 7,459 runs at 29.48. |
| Dates and Places | Born 4 September 1955, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, |
| RefNo | Title |
| BML/1/6/13 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 17 March 1979 |
| BML/1/8/6 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus France, Twickenham, 19 February 1977. |
| BML/1/8/8 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus France, Twickenham, 3 March 1979. |
| BML/1/1/24 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus Scotland, Twickenham, 15 January 1977 |
| BML/1/1/23 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus England, Murrayfield, 21 February 1976 |
| BML/1/7/15 | Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus England, Lansdowne Road, 17 February 1979. |
| BML/1/7/14 | Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus England, Lansdowne Road, 5 February 1977. |
| BML/2/2/30 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus Australia, Twickenham, 3 January 1976. |
| BML/1/6/10 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus Wales, Twickenham, 17 January 1976 |
| BML/1/6/11 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 5 March 1977 |
| BML/1/6/12 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus Wales, Twickenham, 4 February 1978 |