Douglas Monypenny

Douglas Monypenny
Full name Douglas Blackwell Monypenny
Date of birth (1878-05-28)28 May 1878
Place of birth Fife, Scotland
Date of death 22 February 1900(1900-02-22) (aged 21)
Place of death Paardeberg, South Africa
Notable relative(s) Charlton Monypenny, brother
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position centre
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
London Scottish F.C.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1899  Scotland 3 (3)

Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 – 22 February 1900, Paardeberg[1]) was a Scottish international rugby player, who was killed in the Second Boer War, and is the only Scottish rugby internationalist known to have died in either conflict.[2] He was twenty one at the time.[1]

He was capped three times for Scotland in the 1899 Home Nations Championship, scoring a try in the game against Wales.[1][2] He also played for London Scottish FC.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010
  2. 1 2 3 Bath, p109

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