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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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]