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| Birth name | Angus Buchanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 January 1847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Inveraray, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 February 1927 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Inveraray, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 7th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1879–1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Raphael Fleming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angus Buchanan (15 January 1847 – 21 February 1927) [1] was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player. One of the earliest Scottish players,he was capped for Scotland in 1871.
He also played simultaneously for Royal High School FP, [2] and Edinburgh University. [3]
Buchanan played for Edinburgh District.
Buchanan played in the first ever Scotland side, [3] and scored the first try in international rugby, [4] after a deemed failed attempt by George Ritchie. [5] Scotland had pushed a scrum over the English try-line,and Buchanan had fallen on the ball. [6]
This was converted by William Cross,which created the score (crucially because it was goals that counted,not tries). [5] The English argued that the try should not stand,but it was awarded by the umpire Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond (also a Scot - the umpires were two on the field:one from each side) [6]
Almond made a questionable justification of his decision:
According to one of the English players:
According to confirmed records,Buchanan was the first Scotland player born,in January,1847,and was twenty four years and two months old when capped. [8]
Buchanan became an international referee. He refereed the Scotland versus Ireland match on 14 February 1880. [9]
Buchanan also played for the Scotland national cricket team. [2]
In fiction,Buchanan is a part of the larger Harry Potter universe,appearing in an excerpt written by J.K. Rowling for the Pottermore website. According to this,Angus Buchanan was born in a wizarding family,but was non-magical (i.e. a Squib). Also,he is supposed to have published a "path breaking" book called My Life as a Squib,which highlighted his struggles to survive in a community which disowned him and the way he found a home in the Muggle world. [10] [11]
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