Douglas Monypenny
Full name | Douglas Blackwell Monypenny | ||
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Date of birth | 28 May 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Fife, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 22 February 1900 21) | (aged||
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
Bibliography
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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