Douglas Monypenny

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Douglas Monypenny
Birth nameDouglas Blackwell Monypenny
Date of birth(1878-05-28)28 May 1878
Place of birth Fife, Scotland
Date of death22 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)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
London Scottish F.C. ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Anglo-Scots ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1899 Scotland 3 (3)

Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 – 22 February 1900) [1] was a Scottish international rugby player,

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for London Scottish FC. [2]

Provincial career

Monypenny played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898.

International career

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

Death

Monypenny 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]

References

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