Douglas Monypenny

Douglas Monypenny
Birth 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
Position(s) centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (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

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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