Thomas Begbie

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Thomas Begbie
Birth nameThomas Allan Begbie
Date of birth(1862-08-01)1 August 1862
Place of birth Dirleton, Scotland
Date of death26 February 1896(1896-02-26) (aged 33)
Place of death London, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1880-81 Edinburgh Wanderers ()
1881 Glasgow Academicals ()
1881 Edinburgh Wanderers ()
1884 Merchistonians ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1880 Edinburgh District ()
1881 East of Scotland District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1881 Scotland 2 ((1 goal))

Thomas Begbie (1862-1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] His regular playing position was Fullback.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Begbie played for Edinburgh Wanderers. [2] [3]

In 1881 Begbie moved to play for Glasgow Academicals. [4]

That same year Begbie went back to playing for Edinburgh Wanderers. [5]

In 1884 Begbie was playing for Merchistonians. [6]

Provincial career

Begbie played for Edinburgh District in the 1880 inter-city match against Glasgow District. [7] He scored a try and conversion in the match.

Begbie played for East of Scotland District in the February 1881 match against West of Scotland District. [8]

International career

Begbie was capped twice for Scotland in 1881. [9]

Business career

Begbie became a merchant; and was named as such on his death in the probate calendar of 1896. His estate was valued at £7259, 0 shillings, and 5 pence. [10]

Family

Begbie's parents were Thomas Begbie (1816-1878) and Christina Stodart Aitchison (1824-1864). He had two brothers: George Begbie (1857-1888) and John Aitchison Begbie (1859-1907). He married Hetty; she re-married, after Thomas's death in 1896 in Hampstead, to George Theodore Born of London on 11 June 1898. [11]

John Aitchison Begbie also played for Edinburgh Wanderers. [12]

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References

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  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
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  5. "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  8. "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Thomas Begbie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  10. "Register" . www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  11. "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "Register" . Retrieved 4 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.