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| Born | Malcolm Alexander Allan 6 April 1900 Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 1974 (aged 73–74) Carlisle, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Glasgow Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | David Allan, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 67th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1953–1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Frank Moffat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Bannerman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Allan (6 April 1900 –1974) was a Scottish rugby union player. He became an international referee and the 67th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. [1]
Allan was captain of Glasgow Academy in 1915–16 and 1916–17. He was captain of the rugby union team and the cricket team. [2]
He played for Glasgow Academicals. [3]
He represented Glasgow District in the 1921 inter-city match. [4]
He played for Scotland Possibles in the final trial match of 1921,scoring a try. [3]
According to The Glasgow Herald it was Allan's lack of pace that denied him a Scotland cap. [5]
Allan was noted as a strict referee. One commentator writing of Allan's refereeing style wrote:‘so woe betide anybody who persistently breaks the rules’. [5]
He was an international referee. He refereed the Ireland versus Wales match in the 1931 Five Nations Championship. [6] His last international match - the same fixture –was in 1948. [7]
He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship (1936). [8]
On one occasion,when refereeing a match at Netherdale,after hearing taunts from the crowd –he stopped the match and walked over to the crowd and delivered a lecture on the ethics of sportmanship before resuming the game. This caused embarrassment for the Gala officials. [5]
He was a Scottish Rugby Union committee member from 1931 [9] and in 1950 he was acting as a selector –along with Herbert Waddell –for the Scotland international team. [10]
He was elected vice president of the Scottish Rugby Union in 1952. [11]
He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1953 to 1954. [12]
He played cricket for Glasgow Academicals. [13] [14]
He was best man to Max Simmers on his wedding in 1932. [15]
He worked for the India Tyre factory in Inchinnan. [5]
He later moved to Carlisle where he worked at Morton Sundour Fabrics. During the Second World War he was in the Home Guard;and captained the Home Guard XI cricket team. [5]
His father David Allan played association football for Queen's Park and the Scotland international team. [5]